View Record #6631



ID6631
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutpurkul/bhagwantpur village
Rough Address/Areapurkul/bhagwantpur
City/DistrictDehradun
StateUttarakhand
Location Latitude30.40283966
Location Longitude78.06991577
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?Village
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above?Scrubland
Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows?500 m to 1 km across (eg, a residential colony, commercial area or small village)
Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above?I lived there
Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above?Always: I saw sparrows every day
Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see?A fair number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 5 and 30 birds
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?Nests seen frequently
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?around our house we have planted fruit and flowering trees. we also have a good-sized vegetable garden where there is a lot of bird activity which we observe every day while having morning tea. the tray being brought is a signal for bulbuls, magpie-robins and sparrows to come for their share of biscuits, tiger biscuits being their brand. since the last couple of years we find sparrows nesting inside the house, especially the dining room which has a corrugated iron roof not flush with the wall so there are plenty of entry points under the eaves. last year there were three nests inside. this year, just as soon as one nest was vacated by a pair and their fledglings, another pair took possession and are now roosting. another pair were determinedly bringing grasses, pine needles and other fibre, bunches of which kept falling to the ground as there nothing but bare square piping that is part of the roof support. finally yesterday i tied up some pieces of thermocol and parts of an egg-tray to form a platform of sorts. the pair held a determined discussion and are now building their nest. let us hope they decide to stay. there are at least two other sparrow nests outside the house, one in the garage shutter and another in the metre box.
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality?Cattle sheds, Huts, Single-storey bungalows
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words.agricultural fields earlier. now pucca houses built natural declivities levelled. scrubland cleared. better roads means increased traffic.
Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes?Don't know
Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown?winter and summer veggies, onions, potatoes, maize,mongoes and litchis besides other fruits so insect activity
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality?Extensive
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they?Ledge, Wall cavity, In electrical fixture, garage rolling shutter
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality?2000-2004