We walked out to Girton College today and round the woodlands which have beautiful swathes of snowdrops. I did, of course, take some photos but on the way home we came across a little flock of sparrows and this one posed so long that I really couldn’t leave her out. I’m wondering if we could attract some to our garden with special nest boxes - a few stale slices of Slimcea chucked on the garden lawn was more than enough for a dozen in the ‘70’s but they’re a rare treat these days.
Weather: attempts at sunshine
Covid: soooo want to be able to just socialise with another couple.
Good thing: big screen afternoon has featured ‘The trial of the Chicago 7’. Brilliant cast, script, everything....highly recommend. I’m interested in how the trial was viewed at the time.
Isn’t it interesting that you consider a sparrow quite a rare sight when we have loads of them? The movement of birds around the country is fascinating. At our last house we had loads of blue tits but at this one less than a mile away we very rarely see them.
You would hardly think this sweet fluffy bird would be strong enough to survive the winters...they must have know places to shelter. Love the background with the hint of a red berry perhaps!
@happypat it is odd though I think one of our problems is sparrow hawks - I’ve seen them in the garden more often than sparrows. There seem to be localised colonies though- I need to find out what shrubs they like.
A much sweeter and fluffier looking little sparrow than the rather obnoxious sparrow gang I have hanging around my garden space. Wonderful shot of this little poser.
She really is a cute thing. I tossed a ton of burning bush (winged euonymus) branches over the fence last year and the sparrows have set up condos in them this winter, and the rabbits live in the basement. The red-tailed hawk swoops through occasionally.
So fluffy!!! So our London sparrow population is infinitesimally I think on the way up. From being so commonplace to be a pest when I was a child to disappearing almost without trace over the last 30 years or so, we've started to notice an increase. You hear colonies of them now quite commonly as you walk around Walthamstow. And we have a regular colony that visit our garden, albeit erratically at the moment.
You would hardly think this sweet fluffy bird would be strong enough to survive the winters...they must have know places to shelter. Love the background with the hint of a red berry perhaps!
We have loads in our garden too - noisy little sods. ;)