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The UK has two sparrow species, House and Tree Sparrows. Sadly the conservation status of both species is RED. Find out more about these endearing little birds :

https://t.co/CwYCHEiulC

Tree Sparrow by Connor Y6

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A sparrow with a colour mutation called 'brown': the incomplete oxidisation of eumelanin, resulting in a pale 'golden' appearance. Watercolour referenced from a photograph by , 2021. Apparently (and shockingly) the only sparrow painting I've made.

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おはようございます☀
今日は
昨日スズメも見たけど、まだぶふわだったよ〜✨


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Oops yesterday was so apologies we are a day late with this lithograph of house and tree sparrows by Elizabeth Gould in "Birds of Europe" Vol. 3, John Gould, publ. 1837.

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It's This day is about raising awareness for House Sparrows (Passer domesticus). Due to human introductions, the House Sparrow is the most widely distributed wild bird on the planet.

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Hoy es el Día Mundial del Gorrión y para celebrarlo, comparto esta ilustración con todas las especies de gorriones que podemos encontrar en la Península Ibérica, con un estilo algo diferente al habitual.

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To mark I’ve decided that the birds in this linocut are in actual fact VERY LARGE SPARROWS

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3月20日は
そろそろ桜も咲くかな🌸

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For there is an issue with ancient Greek because nobody knows whether "strouthos" mean a sparrow or small ostrich-type bird. So here are two exquisite bits of fresco from Oplontis, the sister town of Pompeii and Herculaneum, instead.

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Happy Mother’s Day... (in UK)
celebrating past and present with a mothering nature.
🌸Thank you💐Much love x🌹

My drawing was inspired by a fluffy sparrow ...

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Happy House (Passer domesticus) aggressively defend their nest holes. by John Gould & H. C. Richter for Gould's Birds of Great Britain, V3 (1873). View more in with thanks to for digitizing: https://t.co/603SkTwoXv

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It’s and also day. So get out your sketchbooks! I think this one is a song sparrow in our garden.

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Singing sparrows from the sketchbook of Sir Edward Burne-Jones - in honour of and to mark https://t.co/J36woqi69F

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Today is Workd Sparrow Day, observed to educate people about the urban threats to these little creatures.

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