British Population Size:
Summer:
First Record:
Conservation Status: RED
because
Recent Breeding Population Decline,
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
RED
1996-2001
GREEN
Races of Concern: RED (Recent Decline), citrinella RED (Recent Decline)
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Most frequent in:
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
European Population Size:
Summer: Trend in Numbers )
Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
Distribution in Europe mapped by the EBCC Atlas
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WCA(III),Bern(III)
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
Egg Weight:
Number of Nest Records:
Clutch Size:
3.44 ± 0.70 (2 - 6) N = 1607
Incubation:
13.03 ± 1.40 (10.5 - 15.5) N = 1607
by the:
Female
Fledging:
14.29 ± 2.16 (10 - 16.5) N = 2185
as:
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid:
Number of Broods:
See trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed: Annual Totals
Adult Survival:
Juvenile Survival:
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
Maximum Recorded Age:
Read a summary of Ringing Recoveries
Biometrics
Ring Size:
Wing Length
Adult:
85.7 ± 3.4
Range
70.0 - 98.0 mm, (N = 11446)
Juvenile:
84.9 ± 3.1
Range
72.0 - 95.0 mm, (N = 4078)
Male:
87.6 ± 2.9
Range
70.0 - 98.0 mm, (N = 6804)
Female:
83.1 ± 2.3
Range
72.0 - 94.0 mm, (N = 4388)
Weight
Adult:
25.90 ± 1.72
Range
19.10 - 32.60 g , (N =9489)
Juvenile:
25.6 ± 1.7
Range
19.4 - 32.2 . , (N =3542)
Male:
26.16 ± 1.69
Range
19.10 - 32.50 g , (N =5682)
Female:
25.52 ± 1.67
Range
19.20 - 32.60 g , (N =3605)
Seasonal:
Summer 26.11 ± 1.76 (N = 2834)
Autumn 26.34 ± 1.78 (N = 845)
Winter 26.21 ± 1.71 (N = 17451)
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish: Gulspurv
Dutch:
Finnish:
French:
German:
Hungarian:
Icelandic:
Irish: Buíóg
Italian:
Norwegian:
Polish:
Portuguese:
Spanish: Escribano cerillo
Swedish:
Local Names:
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