{"id":129,"date":"2021-03-15T17:11:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T17:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2024-04-12T11:43:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T10:43:56","slug":"about-the-nesting-birds-the-house-sparrow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/?page_id=129","title":{"rendered":"About The Nesting Birds &#8211; The House Sparrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"281\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/House-Sparrow.png\" alt=\"House Sparrow\" class=\"wp-image-356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/House-Sparrow.png 281w, https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/House-Sparrow-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/House-Sparrow-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/House-Sparrow-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/House-Sparrow-48x48.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>House Sparrows are sociable and noisy birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their numbers are sadly declining and are on the red list, meaning their is a threat to the bird&#8217;s population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latin name for a House Sparrow is Passer domesticus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They like to nest in holes, crevices and nest boxes.  They usually nest in loose colonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main nesting season is from April to August, with the female laying around 2-6 eggs.  They can also have up to three broods a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photos \u00a9 Ben Kirby<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Sparrows are sociable and noisy birds. Their numbers are sadly declining and are on the red list, meaning their is a threat to the bird&#8217;s population. The latin name for a House Sparrow is Passer domesticus. They like to nest in holes, crevices and nest boxes. They usually nest in loose colonies. The main [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-129","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitn.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}