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1850: A lovely story of the relationship between Dick, one of the sparrows of Tavistock Square, and a hard-working coffee salesman at his coffee caravan stall in the square through winter and summer.
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http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/details.aspx?id=264649
August 1949 : Starlings settling on the minute hand of Big Ben cause it to miss its chimes
Those masses of starlings that used to live in London have now moved away. The RSPB is now asking for reports of any large flocks inside the M25.
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Brockwell Park, London is just one of many examples of open spaces now appreciated so much by so many. It had to be fought for and preserved by our far-sighted ancestors. Their plans and vision were long-term. Lessons that we need to continue learning. http://www.brockwellpark.com/
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“….At the south-east corner of the square stands a solitary Lime Tree, well freighted with branches and with foliage in the season. Throughout the spring and summer this Lime Tree is vocal all day long with the simple song of the House Sparrow. So numerous are these birds among the leaves in the Summer, that the tree is literally alive and black with them, and many a scuffle takes place on the some of the shadiest twigs for standing room….”
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Tavistock Square Cockney Sparrows
“....At the south-east corner of the square stands a solitary Lime Tree, well freighted with branches and with foliage in the season. Throughout the spring and summer this Lime Tree is vocal all day long with the simple song of the House Sparrow. So numerous are these birds among the leaves in the Summer, that the tree is literally alive and black with them, and many a scuffle takes place on the some of the shadiest twigs for standing room....”
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London was to Wordsworth a “wilderness of buildings”. Despite this number of buildings, in every street one could find or see a tree. But that was, and still is, not enough.
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The cheeky cockney sparrow seems to have got into many scrapes. Here from 1939 it was living life on the edge of greedy neighbours.
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