where are the sparrows? (1 Viewer)

thewhites

Active member

• Apr 29, 2005

• #1

we have only started recording the type of birds that visit our garden this year and so far are up to a reasonably respectable 20 different types. all the usuals - robin, blackbird, 4 type of tits etc. however, as a complete novice, if you had asked me at the outset what i would expect to see, high up on the list would be the humble sparrow.

we havent had a single one and have not even spotted any when out and about. where have they all gone? there is quite a popular thread listing what has been in your garden perhaps one should run where you list notable absentees.

 

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buckskin hawk

Oklahoma Birder

• Apr 29, 2005

• #2

Do you have any dense hedges or bushes for cover? I don't get many different sparrows - only three-- in my yard but a short walk on a dirt road with an overgrown fence row, has lead to 11 different sparrows.

 

thewhites

Active member

• Apr 29, 2005

• #3

oh yes plenty of bushes and hedges, the house is actually next to woodland but no sign of any sparrows

 

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Stranger

Well-known member

• Apr 29, 2005

• #4

thewhites said:

oh yes plenty of bushes and hedges, the house is actually next to woodland but no sign of any sparrows

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According to the RSPB Website the house sparrow is in decline in many areas,the reason for this is not fully understood.
I wonder if the fashion for UPVC Fascia boards is discouraging birds from nesting in eaves etc.
Co-incidentally I saw a house sparrow in my neighbours garden yesterday,the first in years.

 

walwyn

Well-known member

• Apr 29, 2005

• #5

We had about a dozen in the garden last night.

 

robski

Well-known member

• Apr 29, 2005

• #6

I have nothing but house and hedge sparrows at the moment. They have increased in the last month. Blue tits, green finches, gold finches, long tailed tits in decline. They tend to stay in the local woodland. Great tits, starling, black birds, robins and song thrushes are about the same.

 

John N

Well-known member

• Apr 29, 2005

• #7

We only have an occasional visit from House sparrows. This year you can count them on one hand!

 

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BlueJaybob

Well-known member

• Apr 30, 2005

• #8

I see tons of sparrows every day here. They are all over. I dont get many of them at feeders but in confirous trees i get a lot of them. I dont even try to attract and they just come. Good Luck!!!