Where have all the sparrows gone.

[rita6899]

I have a bird feeder in my garden with seeds, nuts and fat balls. There was always a variety of birds feeding on it, but for the last three weeks I have not seen any sparrows. Does anyone know why?

[rogpow]

They're all round my house, nesting in the loft and eating all seed in the feeders and the fruit on the brambles in the garden. Got a regular flock of at least 20 individuals all year round.

[Jenny W]

It's always a quiet time of year for birds - our garden is deserted! Breeding has pretty much finished (apart from a few odd late second or third broods of some species) and juveniles have dispersed. There is plenty of natural food around at this time of year, insects are plentiful (especially this year) and fruits are starting to appear. They should come back in a few weeks or so in the autumn.

[big bill]

Likewise up here I am over crowded with them they empty the feeders twice a day and even queue up in the tree at least 20-30 they seem to come in waves who said they were on the danger list did`nt come north to study them

[wild flower]

Always have lots of birds on the feeders at my house except-when a sparrow hawk has dropped in. A sparrow hawk has visited the garden twice recently and it tends to go quiet on the bird front for a while afterwards. But they do return.

[AndrewB]

Something I have noticed over the past few months is that sparrows in my garden only seem to appear when other birds particularly starlings are around. Almost as if they feel safer in a crowd!

[LynM]

Dozens here too, including lots of youngsters. They are nesting (as usual) in next door's ivy. I put out the remains of a cold tea cake this morning and they descended on it as if it was going out of fashion! Cleared it in minutes.

[Kayleigh]

They are all here eating all my seeds filling the feeders and the fat ball holder up daily.

[JoulesH]

There is masses of seed on wild plants at present and depending how far you are away from arable land, harvest is in full swing and they are picking up split grain. We loaded the last of last year's wheat earlier this week and some got spilt I counted over 50 house sparrows on the lane scavenging for it. Even if you are not near farmland you may be near a road on the way to a grain merchant/store/mill etc!

[ron1863]

There hasn't been a Sparow in my garden for years until this year, I now have about forty raiding the feeders every day like a plague of Locusts and combined with those greedy gits, the Wood Pigeons, it's costing me a fortune