| ID | 5455 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | private beach of vijay vilas palace beach resort, Mandvi |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Kutch |
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| State | Gujarat |
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| Location Latitude | 22.82678795 |
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| Location Longitude | 69.32489014 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2010-2012 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | Other |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Other |
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| 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) |
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| Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above? | I visited once or twice |
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| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Always: I saw sparrows every day |
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| 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 |
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| Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests? | Nests seen frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | During my visit to beach of Mandvi on 15th of april 2012, I observe that housesparrows had made their nests under the roofs made up of long leaves of date palms. And they were roaming constantly here and there. Additionally as per my previous story I noticed that those sparrows were healthier and little bit bigger in size than those I observed usually around my home |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | No buildings |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | a private beach having very few people and around 10-12 tents and at beachside there were roofs made up of date palms |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Neither |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Extensive |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Other (please specify), under roofs made up of date palms |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | |
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