View Record #7548



ID7548
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutIndralok Housing Estate II
Rough Address/AreaPaikpara
City/DistrictKolkata
StateWest Bengal
Location Latitude22.61480713
Location Longitude88.38948059
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?City (main)
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above?Old residential area
Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows?Less than 100 metres across (eg, a few houses or shops)
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 occasionally
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?Recently Nests seen occasionally, but in 2009-2010 I observed nests frequently. Even in our flat (1 st floor)sparrows built nests in 2009-2010.
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality?Apartment complexes
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words.This housing complex is 36 years old having about twenty five 5-storey buildings (450 flats). One portion of this complex with some trees and garden, but other portion of this same complex is without green.
Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes?Neither
Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown?
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality?Some
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they?Window, Ledge, Other (please specify), inside our flat nests were made on wooden shelf in balcony
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality?2000-2004