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World Sparrow Day: 20 March, and how to help house sparrows

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World Sparrow Day is marked every year on 20 March to bring attention to the house sparrow and other common birds.

This year

YearDate
2026Friday, 20 March
2027Saturday, 20 March

Who started it

The Nature Forever Society of India started World Sparrow Day in 2010, with the Eco-Sys Action Foundation of France. It is now marked in many countries.

What you can do

  • Put up a nest box under a roof edge or balcony, out of reach of cats and out of direct sun.
  • Grow native shrubs and hedges, where sparrows find insects for their chicks.
  • Leave a shallow bowl of clean water, changed daily.
  • Don’t trim hedges in the nesting season, and don’t use pesticides near them.
  • An injured bird? Take it to a bird hospital or rescue group. Find one in the Directory.

Questions and answers

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Every year on 20 March. The next one is on Saturday, 20 March 2027.

The Nature Forever Society of India, in 2010.

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