Wild Flowers and Grass to Save Sparrows

In London, twenty parks and beauty spots will be seeing a new planting of wild flowers, grass and plants. House sparrows have been disappearing at an alarming rate, and this is an attempt to attract them and increase the population.

The birds’ numbers have fallen about 68% in the past 15 years, mostly due to a loss of green spaces and city gardens being paved over.

This decision came after the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) gave a warning, that if sanctuaries were not built this bird would disappear altogether.

The SITA Trust will be funding this project and it will cost about 170,000 GBP.

Tim Webb is a spokesman for the RSPB and he says, “There has been a dramatic decline and the concern is that the population will reach a level where it is no longer sustainable and they will disappear completely.”

[Via: BBC]

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