Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Regional Trends:
Distribution:
Local Atlases )
British Population Size:
Summer:
First Record:
Conservation Status: GREEN
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
Races of Concern: GREEN
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Common in:
Also found in: Scrub, Arable Farmland, Pasture Farmland, Villages
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
European Population Size:
Summer: Trend in Numbers )
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WBD(I*), Bern(III), Bonn(II), CITES(II)
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
Egg Weight:
Number of Nest Records:
Clutch Size:
4.55 ± 1.02 (2 - 9) N = 1407
Incubation:
33.16 ± 1.37 (30.5 - 36.5) N = 1407
by the:
Female
Fledging:
28.14 ± 3.27 (22 - 33.5) N = 2645
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
Sexually dimorphic (female much larger than male)
Male:
198.1 ± 6.7
190 - 207 mm, N =893
Female:
233.7 ± 7.5
224 - 245 mm, N =382
Weight
Sexually dimorphic (female much larger than male)
Male:
151.1 ± 16.41
131.0 - 180.0 g , N =681
Female:
266.0 ± 41.42
186.0 - 345.0 g , N =248
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
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For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Newton, I. 1986 The sparrowhawk Poyser, Calton
[598.521 NEW]
van den Burg, A.B. & Newton, I. 2003 BWP Update 5:1-12
Newton, I. 1987 The Sparrowhawk Shire Publications, Princes Risborough
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