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Callum Macgregor

Well-known, common and widespread small passerine, breeding throughout Europe and NW Africa.  Partial migrant; NE breeders move regularly and go furthest, with the proportion migrating and migration distance decreasing towards SW. Irruptive into W Europe. Migration distance has decreased recently (Smallegange et al. 2010). Insectivorous in summer, feeding chicks mainly with caterpillars, in winter eats fruits, seeds and nuts. Population fluctuates depending on beech mast. Popular garden bird, that has benefited from increase in garden feeding. European population 65-106 million breeding pairs.

Season of assessment

B

Population trendStable
Population size
(min-max, best estimate)
127000000-205000000,158000000
Red List categoryLC
Franks, S., Fiedler, W., Arizaga, J., Jiguet, F., Nikolov, B., van der Jeugd, Ambrosini, R, Aizpurua, O., Bairlein, F., Clark, J., Fattorini, N, Hammond, M., Higgins, D, Levering, H., Skellorn, W., Spina, F, Thorup, K. Walker, J., Woodward, I. and Baillie, S.R. (1) (2022) Online Atlas of the movements of European bird populations. https://migrationatlas.org EURING/CMS (1) Principal investigator
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