Garden Visitor - Sparrow

A relatively un-common visitor to our garden (though on other days we may get half a dozen at a time). This one was enjoying the seed feed, inbetween the visits by the Great and Blue Tits.

Sparrows are a family of small passerine birds, Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, or Old World sparrows, names also used for a particular genus of the family

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-and-wildlife-guides/browse-bird-families/sparrows.aspx

[Dawn]

Lovely

[Brennie B]

Love how he's just perched there..

[Richard Brown]

Nice shot our gardens the opposite usually full of sparrows with the occasional visit by Blue tits etc :)

[Milanie]

Sweet little guy - nice lighting on your shot.

[Valerie Chesney]

How delightful, waiting his turn...sweet little fellow.

[Lin Joyce]

Love the detail on his little feet. So cute.

[Phil Sandford]

@dawnee @brennieb @rjb71 @milaniet @happysnaps @linjoyce Thank you all. Supposedly a common bird here in the UK but I think its numbers may be declining. I guess the Big British Bird Watch later this month will tell us

For more details of the BBBW, have a look at this site
https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch?gclid=CMKBkZHLvNECFW4A0wodEcMElw

[JackieR]

It's still on the red list, along with (would you believe it?) starlings!!!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot

[Phil Sandford]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond Yes, when we came home from Berlin in '95 the Starling was the most common British bird; it's now very rare to see their murmarations. I only learnt that the Sparrow was also dwindling in numbers having looked it up after taking this shot
@elisasaeter Thank you