Camera traps reveal 'heartening' farmland bird numbers ( www.birdguides.com )

Cameras installed on feeders on farmland in the Isle of Man have recorded "heartening" evidence of Tree Sparrows.

Manx Wildlife Trust set up 21 feeding stations to provide food for the sparrows and "give them security through the breeding season". The project, along with improved recording of the species using them, found the island was home to more Tree Sparrows "than previously thought", according to the trust.

Farmland bird officer Rob Fisher said he was "thrilled" to have evidence of the species for the first time in a decade and explained that the devices had been helping to "monitor their movements with as little human disturbance as possible".