When was the Last time you saw a Sparrow?

Well the answer to that question would be.. on Saturday..not one..but about 10 of them,and at the most unexpected of places..the Railway station.
..err at least i thought they were sparrows..but since i havent seen one for so long I might have actually forgotten what they looked like..
Nowadays I dont see birds that used to be common when I was younger . this might sound like some old geezer saying in my days we walked everywhere..even to Trichy. But think about it...Crows ,egrets,sparrows, thats right pretty common right, at least they used to be,even if you do see them, its not as often as before. And im not even talking about exotic birds we used to see in the city..Vultures..but there has been a global decline in vulture population..even the sparrow problm i'm told transcends borders,regions etc. They are studying this phenomenon in england katte...
result of the pressure we are putting on the environment?
it would be interesting to listen to an entymologist's take on this.effect on distribtion/density of insect population.
So when was the last time you saw a sparrow?