Good year for house sparrows round my way

[~T~]

Counted just under 50 adults and youngsters in and around my garden the other day. They swarm round the fatball feeders and pick through the lawn for scattered seed and the like. I also got a load of dried mealworms cheaply and they have been scoffing them like it's going out of fashion. Really good to see the little flock that were there throughout such a harsh winter now much bigger in size. I hope I have helped their cause by regularly feeding them

[k4t3]

Quite a decent little flock in my garden too, around 20 at the mo, with lots of fledglings...a couple of years ago I had no spuggies at all. Mine loving millet sprays and robin mix

[~T~]

Originally Posted by k4t3

Quite a decent little flock in my garden too, around 20 at the mo, with lots of fledglings...a couple of years ago I had no spuggies at all. Mine loving millet sprays and robin mix

Good to hear they are recovering elsewhere. Is it just the millet sprays the pet shops sell for budgies or what? I got some in winter and nothing touched them.

[Synn]

Had 21 young in my garden a few days ago

[~T~]

Originally Posted by Synn

Had 21 young in my garden a few days ago

Scottish sparras are hard as nails

[markturner]

we are getting regular vists to our bird feeders from a small family they certainly enjoy the fat balls we leave out

[Deb London]

Good news ~T~

We are being visited more here than last year and the noise from them is far more noticeable this year. So I assume there are more of them here as well. Which is good news, especially since we don't know for certain what causes their decline, but whatever it is, it can't be good.

[Jackaroo]

Haven't tried counting them but we have a healthy population in our garden alone and as Deb remarked,the racket they make is impressive. Noisy wee buggers. lol

Also have noticed many more Tree Sparrows this season. Not in overwhelming swarms but noticeably up on last year.

[purplebutterfly]

we have quite a few too, which is nice. they used to nest in our roof for years but the council did our gutters and they cant get in there now. but they have found somewhere else to nest as i have seen loads of youngsters. we are going to put up a nesting box next spring!

[k4t3]

Originally Posted by ~T~

Good to hear they are recovering elsewhere. Is it just the millet sprays the pet shops sell for budgies or what? I got some in winter and nothing touched them.

Yes, just bog standard budgie millet, they love it! Also pulls in Reed Buntings in winter My mum also got no takers for it in her garden, so my spuggies obviously have aquired tastes!