A house sparrow seen in the garden yesterday evening. First one I've seen chez-moi for a decade or more. I wonder whether it was lost, or whether the cleaner 'lockdown' air is tempting them back into town.
Ken Munn ● 2350d13 Comments
There are always sparrows in Glebe Street, but that is the only place I have seen them for years.
Gail Busza ● 2350d
"tempting them back into town" They became less in numbers but certainly did not set off on a jolly to return. Not in W4,but my mothers garden has had a colony of them for about 15 years. I know and have seen the ones in Glebe street for many years. One thing is for certain. They love bushes,hedgerows etc to hide and play around in. They are very vocal in Bird Chirping.
Julian Pavey ● 2350d
Meanwhile, over in Brentford, I saw two house sparrows on my back path a few days ago and that was a first - in 36 years! Then yesterday one landed in the garden while I was sitting there. Something is afoot.
Anne England ● 2350d
I see several each day in my garden in North Chiswick. They delight in picking the caterpillars off my box shrubs. Unfortunately they only do the tops so further down the evidence of caterpillar invasion is there, must get squirting the removal stuff again (doesn't harm birds etc)
Claire Moran ● 2350d
Fewer hedges I think and those that there are may well be being cut when they shouldn't be between March and August.
Philippa Bond ● 2350d
There is a colony where the Sunday Market is held which has allotments, hedges and older building next to it. Ideal habitat.Habitat loss is a big problem with modern buildings and loft conversions.We had sparrows nesting in our loft when I was a boy.Same problem for starlings.
Adrian Irving ● 2350d
Back to Brentford. I get starlings - lots of them - almost exclusively. Maybe different birds prefer different areas - up market/down market so to speak. That's a joke by the way!
Saw several starlings on my back lawn yesterday - none today though. Lovely to see them busy-bodying about so hope they return tomorrow.
Jennifer Selig ● 2350d
We made some bird feeders from old loo rolls covered with peanut butter and rolled in nuts/seeds/oats etc. We have had bluetits, robins and sparrows. The robins have been teaching their young to fly in the last few days - its wonderful to see and being at home, you get to watch them all the time. The only spanner in the works is the parakeets - they ruin everything - screeching and making a racket.
Julie Morse ● 2350d
I have some dunnocks (hedge sparrows) visiting the garden and getting quite tame, or brave. From my walks it seems to me sparrows love hedges that have grown to 10 ft or over and they seem to flourish (if there is greenery) in places like industrial parks- maybe no cats.
Vivienne Cox ● 2350d
No sparrows in my garden so far, not been here for years and there used to be so many of these little cheeky chappies chirping away.
There is a road in Brentford which shall remain nameless where two houses have ivy or some such growing high up the walls. These are full of sparrows and I often take that road in on a walk to see them flitting in and out. One of the human residents has fixed bird boxes virtually under the guttering and they are used.
Bravo!
Ken Munn ● 2349d