While sitting in my garden on Monday I watched in horror as a ferral cat killed two of my favourate birds, sparrows, then later in the afternoon an magpie swooped down and took another sparrow. My day off was totally spoiled.
my birdtable is always full of sparrows and until recently, their babies. I love looking out the window to see them all milling around the patio, it really is lovely to see.
We also feed the sparrows all sorts of goodies we seem to have more this year when we get up there waiting for us on top of the hedge by the back door they've ruined on of my half baskets on the wall they take the moss
A suggestion for Henrietta who has trouble with moles .Bury a hand full of human hair (try the hairdresser)in the mole's run and he will get the message!
Living at the edge of a village we get in our garden all the birds mentioned in these comments apart from blackcap, herring gull and parrot(!) + great spotted woodpecker, nuthatch, tree-creeper & long-tailed tit. But house sparrows and starlings only rarely - despite the fact that there are hundreds of them around the rest of the village. I saw a flock of about 80 spadgers in one lane the other day. Not sure why this is, but I've noticed that as soon as you move away from the houses into the countryside, the numbers of house sparrows and starlings drop virtually to zero (tho sparrows re-appear around farm buildings). In some parts, tree sparrows take over.
Sparrows are by far the highest number of daily visitors to our garden. Loads of the quarrelsome little things competing for perches on the seed feeder. Underneath there are Collared Doves and fat Wood Pigeons waiting eagerly for the spilt pickings. All entertaining and welcome.
Sparrows are thriving in our beautiful part of Norfolk.A whole bunch of the little characters who live in a hedge over the road think our garden is perfect! They fly over for breakfast in the morning patiently waiting in a very safe holly tree in line for their turn on the feeder,which has a squirrel proof guard round it to stop the bigger birds intimidating them.We have made a small stream in the garden too so then they take it in turns to have a bath and drink.This stream has been an absolute God sent for them during the hot weather of late.
Over the last two days i have noticed a large amount of sparrows in mine and and my neighbours garden. I think there must have been at least 50 on the fence when i last looked.
Is this usual? im not really familiar with british wildlife as i have lived in an apartment for so long until i brought a house this year with a garden. I know last year we had a major infestation of lady birds and i was wondering is this the same thing?
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Is this usual? im not really familiar with british wildlife as i have lived in an apartment for so long until i brought a house this year with a garden. I know last year we had a major infestation of lady birds and i was wondering is this the same thing?