How lucky you are I haven't knowingly seen a sparrow for years?????? I'm sure the chairman would gladly swap chard for sparrows I love it he hates it I still grow it
Are you sure it's the sparrows? They might be after aphids with the real damage actually being done by pigeons which do eat lefy greens. Woodpigeons in particular can strip a whole row of young veg plants in just minutes, the rotters!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Lots of sparrows here, they're on the feeders every day. They nest under the eaves of the houses behind us. Blackbirds abound as do Goldfinches, Long-tail Tits appear at intervals, Chaffinch, Robin, Wren, Dunnock, Blue and Great Tit, Woodpecker, Collared Doves and suddenly Jackdaws. Wagtails and House Martins will soon appear, the first to patrol the car park and roofs, the other to nest under our eaves. I have ti ter myself away at times or I'd get nothing productive done
The chard is behind the rhubarb so all I can see from the house is sparrows disappering behind them and the chard shaking so I cant really tell what the little fellows are doing
Could be the Woodies
Just stopped Mr Fox getting an injured Woodie
Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
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How lucky you are I haven't knowingly seen a sparrow for years??????
I'm sure the chairman would gladly swap chard for sparrows 
I love it he hates it
I still grow it
I have the following in my garden daily
Ravens.....Magpies.....Starlings.....Thrushes....Blackbirds.....Sparrows....A Robin....Gulls....Wood Pigeons.....Street Pigeons.....and Mr Fox
I feed them bird seed and sultanas
You have me worried now NewBoy - I have sparrows coming to my feeders for the first time this year and I'm also growing chard for the first time!
Are you sure it's the sparrows? They might be after aphids with the real damage actually being done by pigeons which do eat lefy greens. Woodpigeons in particular can strip a whole row of young veg plants in just minutes, the rotters!
Lots of sparrows here, they're on the feeders every day. They nest under the eaves of the houses behind us. Blackbirds abound as do Goldfinches, Long-tail Tits appear at intervals, Chaffinch, Robin, Wren, Dunnock, Blue and Great Tit, Woodpecker, Collared Doves and suddenly Jackdaws. Wagtails and House Martins will soon appear, the first to patrol the car park and roofs, the other to nest under our eaves. I have ti ter myself away at times or I'd get nothing productive done
Bob
The chard is behind the rhubarb so all I can see from the house is sparrows disappering behind them and the chard shaking so I cant really tell what the little fellows are doing
Could be the Woodies
Just stopped Mr Fox getting an injured Woodie