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Bulgaria 1979-80: 

Tree Sparrows 299, House Sparrows 216, Great Tits 29, Starlings 9, Barn Swallows 8, Collared Turtle Doves Streptopelia decaocto 7, Blackbirds 6, House Martins Delichon urbica 5 (n = 594) (Nankinov & Todorov 1983).

Czechoslovakia 1976-78 and 1980-85

House and Tree Sparrows 63%, Blackbirds 16%, Barn Swallows and House Martins 9% (n = 55) (Holisova & Obrtel 1986).

Pheasants 57%, Partridges 25%, House Sparrows 9%, Rooks 8%, Blackbirds 6%, Barn Swallows 3% (n = 80) (Havlín 1987).

Denmark 1957-65

House Sparrows 735, Blackbirds 221, Barn Swallows 208, Tree Sparrows 180, Yellowhammers 99, Robins 94, Chaffinches 65, Bramblings 59, Starlings 55, Song Thrushes 45 (n = 2,172) (Hansen 1969)

Danmark 1979-81:

House Sparrows 1523, 27%, Blackbirds 817, 15%, Chaffinches 335, 6%,  Tree Sparrows 299, 5%, swallows 254, 5%, Song Thrushes 243, 4%, Sylvidae 157, 3%, Yellowhammers 115, 2%, Robins 45, 0.8% (n = 5,552) (Hansen 1982).

Danmark 1992-93: 

Blackbirds 11%, Chaffinches 8%, Skylarks 7%, Yellowhammers 7%, Tree Sparrows 3%, House Sparrows 2% (n = 273) (Bruun-Schmidt 1994

England 1949-59

Blackbirds 64, Song Thrushes 50, House Sparrows 49, Starlings 42, Wood Pigeons Columba palumbus 38, Robins 36, Greenfinches 31, Rooks 26, (n = 585) (Govett 1960).

England 1957-60

House Sparrows 284, Song Thrushes 82, Blackbirds 78, Linnets 37, Chaffinches 32, Whitethroats 30, Rooks 25 (n = 864). (Dunthorn & Errington 1964).

England 1959-61

House Sparrows 320, Blackbirds 69, Dunnocks Prunella modularis 38, Song Thrushes 35, Whitethroats 33, Chaffinches 22, Partridges 15 (n = 644) (Hodson 1962)

England 1960-61

House Sparrows 2.365, Blackbirds 767, Song Thrushes 461, Pheasants 254, Chaffinches 211, Dunnocks 133, Robins 129, (n = 5,269) (Hodson & Snow 1965).

England 1984:

House Sparrows 41, Blackbirds 11, Song Thrushes 7, Moorhens Gallinula chloropus 7, Blue Tits Parus caeruleus 3, Greenfinches 3, Tawny Owls 2, Great Tits 1 (n = 84) (Johnson 1989).

Finland 1982-84:

Hooded Crows 46, Magpies 20, Yellowhammers 14, House Sparrows 9, Fieldfares Turdus pilarus 6, Black-headed Gulls 5, Pied Flycatchers 3 (n = 116) (Korhonen & Nurminen 1987).

France 1978:

House Sparrows 349, Robins 103, Pied Flycatchers 36, Blackbirds 15, White Wagtails 10, Great Tits 9, Barn Swallows 7, Goldfinchs 7 (n = 597) (Vignes 1984).

Germany, Braunschweig-Leipzig  1935:

Barn Swallows 65, Chaffinches 15, House Sparrows 11, Greenfinches 9, Redstarts Phoenicurus phoenicurus 6, Red-backed Shrikes 5, House Martins 4, Skylarks 4, Great Tits 4, Blackbirds 2, Starlings 2, Goldfinch 1, Tree Sparrow 1 (n = 129) (Creutz 1935).

Germany, near Stuttgart  1959-61

House Sparrows 25, Blackbirds 15, Chaffinches 10, Tree Sparrows 8, Greenfinches 8, Great Tits 8, Yellowhammers 7, Barn Swallows 3, Redstarts 3, Bullfinches Pyrrhula pyrrhula 2, Blue Tits 2 (n = 114) (Martens 1962).

Germany, (Mainstrasse F 103) 1960-63

Yellowhammers 83, Tree sparrows 83, Barn Swallows 35, House Sparrows 21, Linnets 19, Chaffinches 16, Whitethroats 15, Robins 13, Song Thrushs 11, White Wagtails 10, Blackbirds 8, Starlings 7, Nightjars 6 (n = 416) (Lüpke 1970).

Germany, near Hannover 1965:

House Sparrows 28, Blackbirds 10, Whitethroats 5, Barn Swallows 3, Greenfinches 3, (n = 83) (Rettig 1965).

Germany, Hessen 1969-73:

House Sparrows 97, Blackbirds 69, Yellowhammers 51, Linnets 37, Greenfinches 32, Chaffinches 27, Robins 25, Barn Swallows 24, Whitethroats 24, Goldfinches 21, White Wagtails 19, Song Thrushes 16 (n = 625) (Bergmann 1974)

Germany, near Stuttgart 1973-75:

House Sparrows 65, Blackbirds 56, Greenfinches 12, Blue Tits 6, Yellowhammers 5, Chaffinches 4, Barn Swallows 4, Goldfinches 4, Great Spotted Woodpeckers Picoides major 4, Tree Sparrows 4, Great Tits 3, White Wagtails 3, Robins 3 (n = 200) (Smettan 1988).

Germany, near Dresden 1974-77:

Tree Sparrows 74, House Sparrows 70, Blackbirds 34, Barn Swallows 34, Greenfinches 16, Chaffinches 15, Song Thrushes 7, Red-backed Shrikes 7 (n = 402) (Blümel & Blümel 1980).

Germany, Altenburg and Geithain 1974-1977

House Sparrows 398, Tree Sparrows 60, Barn Swallows 33, Chaffinches 29, Blackbirds 23, Robins 18, Great Tits 18, Starlings 18, House Martins 14, Greenfinches 10, Swifts 9 (n = 692) (Bräutigam 1978).

Germany, Kiel-Schleswig 1975-76:

Blackbirds 59, gulls 13, Passer sp. 12, Pheasants 11, Coots  8 (n = 125) (Heinrich 1978).

Germany, DDR 1975-77:

House Sparrows 58, Tree Sparrows 18, Goldfinches 18, Barn Swallows 16, Greenfinches 14, Linnets 8, House Martins 7, March-Warblers Acrocephalus palustris 7, Robins 6, White Wagtails 3, Red-backed Shrikes 3, Redwings Turdus iliacus 2, Blackbirds 2 ( n = 375) (Günther 1979).

Germany (DDR) 1979:

House Sparrows 20, Great Tits 7, Tree Sparrows 4, Chaffinches 4, Marsh Warblers 4, Barn Swallows 4, Thrush Nightingales Luscinia luscinia 4 (n = 74) (Lüpke 1983).

Germany, Mühlheim/Main 1986-87:

Blackbirds 277, House Sparrows 76, Great Tits 45, Blue Tits 22, Mallards Anas platyrhynchos 16, Robins 16, Greenfinches 15, Wood Pigeons 13 (n = 688) (Wascher et al. 1988).

Germany, near Osnabrück 1987-88:

Robins 20, Blackbirds 12, Chaffinches 11, Yellowhammers 8, Song Thrushes 8, Great Tits 6, Blackcaps Sylvia atricapilla 4, Pheasants 4, Dunnocks 4, Blue Tits 2, Willow-Warblers 2 n = 76) (Fuellhaas et al. 1989).

Germany, near Osnabrück 1987-88:

Blackbirds10, Chaffinches 10, Barn Swallows 10, Robins 8, Tree Sparrows 4, Greenfinches 4, Wood Pigeons 4, Blue Tits 3, Whitethroats 2, Pheasants 2, House Sparrows 2, Dunnocks 2 (n = 76) (Fuelhaas et al. 1989).

Germany, near Berlin 1982-1991:

House Sparrows 472, Chaffinches 97, Blackbirds 94, Barn Swallows 79, Tree Sparrows 75, Song Thrushes 54, Greenfinches 53, Blue Tits 39, Great Tits 28, Robins 27, White Wagtails 27, Yellowhammers 23, (n = 1,448) (Müller 1995).

Italy 1979-80:

House + Tree Sparrows 105, Little Owls 4. Barn Swallows 4, Hooded Crows 3, House Martins 2, Wrens 2, Robins 2 (n = 133) (Quadrelli 1984).

Netherlands  1973-76:

Blackbirds 717, Starlings 711, Black-headed Gulls 583, House Sparrows 393, Mallards 302, Lapwings185, Moorhens 173, Wood Pigeons 168,  Pheasants 143, Song Thrushes  48 (n = 1.492) (Jonkers & Vries 1977).

Switzerland 1983:

House Sparrows 35, Tree Sparrows 24, Blackbirds 14, Barn Owls 7, Passerines 7, Song Thrushes 5, Barn Swallows 5, Wood Pigeons 5 (n = 161) (Besuder & Caspar 1986).

Sweden 1973-76:

House Sparrows 197,27% Pheasants 88,12% Blackbirds 54, 7%, Barn Swallows 52, 7%. Tree Sparrows 33, Skylarks 31, Black-headed Gulls 31, Starlings 30 (n = 742) (Göransson et al. 1978).