A Sparrow by any other name!

Garden Carpet · #1 (**permalink**) 04-03-2007, 05:22 PM

Reading the London Sparrow thread made me wonder. Hereabouts they call sparrows spadgers...(lincs) up north spuggies... what do you call them and where are you. If this has been done before.. sorry, I guess i missed it . Of course... any other local bird names will be interesting.
jaki

AlphaZeroOne · #2 (**permalink**) 04-03-2007, 06:22 PM

Here in the West Midlands/Hereford boarder, we call them Sproggies. I think that they are great fun and have been watching a small group of them outside my french doors over the weekend. Within a group, it is very easy to start picking out the various characters - who is the most confident and who is full of hot air! They way that they interact with each other provides endless hours of amusment.

buzfuz8149 · #3 (**permalink**) 04-03-2007, 06:36 PM

Don't know if this a local name but round here we call starlings - sheppies.

Carol.

C C · #4 (**permalink**) 06-03-2007, 09:13 PM

I've heard many refer to the Robin as the foreman, more of a nickname i suppose.
This is becase when ever you are outside doing work, the Robin is perched up somewhere keeping an eye on you.