Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Wider Countryside Report
Regional Trends:
England  
English Regions
Distribution:
Atlas Maps
(Local Atlases )
BBS Maps
British Population Size:
Summer:
39 thousand pairs
in 2000
 
First Record:
8th Century
[Fossil evidence from
early Holocene, up to 10,000 yr ago]
Conservation Status:
GREEN
Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
Races of Concern:
nisus GREEN
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Common in:
Deciduous Wood, Coniferous Wood
Also found in:
Scrub, Arable Farmland, Pasture Farmland, Villages
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
European Population Size:
Summer:
180 to 270 thousand pairs
(Trend in Numbers )
Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
Distribution in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WBD(I*), Bern(III), Bonn(II), CITES(II)
Survey Results:
BirdTrack
Garden BirdWatch
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
40 x 32 mm
Egg Weight:
22.5 g (of which 8 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
125
(more would be welcome!)
Clutch Size:
4 - 5 eggs
4.55 ± 1.02 (2 - 9) N = 1407
Incubation:
33 days
33.16 ± 1.37 (30.5 - 36.5) N = 1407
by the:
Female
Fledging:
27 - 31days
28.14 ± 3.27 (22 - 33.5) N = 2645
as:
Altricial, downy
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid:
11 May (30 Apr - 29 May)
Number of Broods:
1
Trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed:
1339
(Annual Totals )
Adult Survival:
0.690
(M:0.670
;
F:0.680
)
Juvenile Survival:
0.340 (in First-Year)
Age at First Breeding:
1
year
Typical Lifespan:
4
years
Maximum Recorded Age:
17 years 1 months 11 days (set in 1999)
Summary of Ringing Recoveries
Biometrics
Ring Size:
D (males) E (females)
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
Gaelic:
Speireag
Welsh:
Gwalch Glas
Danish:
Spurvehřg
Dutch:
Sperwer
Finnish:
Varpushaukka
French:
Épervier d´Europe
German:
Sperber
Hungarian:
Karvaly
Icelandic:
Sparrhaukur
Irish:
Spioróg
Italian:
Sparviere
Norwegian:
Spurvehauk
Polish:
Krogulec zwyczajny
Portuguese:
Gaviăo da Europa
Spanish:
Gavilán
Swedish:
Sparvhök
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
[Jour: S]
See Also:
Find scientific papers on Google Scholar
or Scirus by clicking the icon
Wikipedia entry
BirdLife species page
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
BOU Register of Avian Theses entry