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Defra House Sparrow Conference On Friday 20 February 2004, Defra, in conjunction with the BTO, RSPB and the Greater London Authority, hosted a one day conference on House Sparrows, bringing together House Sparrow experts from various organisations. In February 2003, a government minister undertook an adjournment debate with Graham Allen on the plight of wild birds. The content of this debate concentrated heavily on the House Sparrow. As a result of the debate, the minister commited Defra to holding a one-day conference to discuss known facts about the House Sparrow and to produce a leaflet explaining how persons and communities can improve the populations of House Sparrows in their local area. This leaflet was launched at the conference. Several BTO speakers gave keynote presentations at the conference, including: Dr Humphrey Crick - historical review of House Sparrows in Britain and overview of breeding biology. Dr Rob Robinson - the Defra House Sparrow study (coordinated by BTO). Mike Toms - the BTO House Sparrow Survey and Garden BirdWatch. (click here for slides and speaker notes covering the main points from this talk)
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