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Sparrows - what are they after?

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
edited May 2019 in Wildlife gardening
The sparrows regularly eat all my cherry plum buds - I never see more than one or  two they've missed. I'd rather have the sparrows.
They're fossicking about in my shrubs now. Are they after insects or buds?
In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    This time of year I think they’re after insects, aphids and grubs for their nestlings. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Oh good. They're repaying me for my lost blossom then😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    😃 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Mr. Vine EyeMr. Vine Eye Posts: 2,394
    I saw a sparrow this morning perched on my Kew Gardens rose pecking at the aphids. 
    Always welcome!
    East Yorkshire
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    The poor sparrows can't keep up with aphids in my garden, there are some very fat birds around here.
  • BrexiteerBrexiteer Posts: 955
    I had a lupin once that was covered in aphids after i had a week away. I only noticed them because all the leaves were broken on the lupin then I saw the sparrows diving in
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    I wish the birds here would get 'fossiking', I'm over run with green and black fly. Waiting for more ladybirds and the larvae of soldier beetles to get munching. 
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