Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Regional Trends:
Distribution:
Local Atlases )
British Population Size:
Summer:
First Record:
Conservation Status: AMBER
because
Recent Breeding Population Decline (1969-2007),
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
Races of Concern: AMBER (Important Population), occidentalis AMBER (Recent Decline), modularis GREEN
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Most frequent in:
Also common in:
And found in:
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
European Population Size:
Summer: Trend in Numbers )
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WCA(III), Bern(III)
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
Egg Weight:
Number of Nest Records:
Clutch Size:
4.06 ± 0.75 (2 - 6) N = 3487
Incubation:
14.10 ± 2.08 (10.5 - 18.5) N = 3485
by the:
Female
Fledging:
13.18 ± 1.70 (10 - 16) N = 3509
as:
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid:
Number of Broods:
Trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed: Annual Totals )
Adult Survival:
Juvenile Survival:
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
Maximum Recorded Age:
Summary of Ringing Recoveries
Biometrics
Ring Size:
Wing Length
Adult:
69.9 ± 2.1
Range
67 - 73 mm, N =24215
Juvenile:
69.4 ± 2.0
66 - 72 mm, N =23776
Male:
70.7 ± 1.9
68 - 74 mm, N =6571
Female:
68.8 ± 1.9
66 - 72 mm, N =3114
Weight
Adult:
21.17 ± 3.08
Range
18.60 - 24.00 g , N =19587
Juvenile:
20.54 ± 2.08
18.10 - 23.20 g , N =19030
Male:
20.86 ± 3.22
18.70 - 23.10 g , N =5345
Female:
20.88 ± 1.96
18.10 - 24.50 g , N =2513
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Hedge Accentor/Sparrow
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For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Davies, N.B. 1992 Dunnock behaviour and social evolution Oxford University Press, Oxford
[598.874 DAV]
Davies, N.B. 1987 Studies of West Palearctic birds: Dunnock British Birds 80:604-624
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