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  1. admin
    Key Master

    Be the first one to tell us what you are doing or ask a question

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. farmingfriends
    Member

    Hi Birdy Trish,
    Just thought that I would let you know about a tree sparrow project in Yorkshire. The project is asking for any sightings of tree sparrows to be monitored. I have added a link to a post I have done about it hope that is ok. http://farmingfriends.com/the-claro-tree-sparrow-project/
    Kind regards
    Sara from farmingfriends

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. TopVeg
    Member

    Hi Sara

    I think this is an interesting project because we have lots of tree sparrows & no house sparrows. We wonder if the house sparrows have gone because there are no livestock on the farm any more - with feed barns and feed troughs for the house sparrows to feed on.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. admin
    Key Master

    Hi Sara & Topveg,
    We have tree sparrows on our farm too. The project does look interesting, I will have to write about it on my birdtablenews website http://www.birdtablenews.com
    Your thoughts about the house sparrow are interesting although we still have livestock and feed on our farm and the tree sparrows feed from the troughs and feed found on the floor.
    Thanks for your contributions.
    Kind regards
    Trisha

    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. TopVeg
    Member

    Hi

    Do you have house sparrows eating from the food troughs too?

    The other thought is that we have lost the nesting sites for the house sparrow in our efforts to tidy up??

    Posted 1 year ago #

  6. admin
    Key Master

    Hi Top Veg, Good to hear from you again.

    We do get house sparrows round the farm. Most are in the stackyard. They also fly in and out of the cattle sheds and pinch food from the troughs. I get some in the garden as well, but mostly they are tree sparrows in the garden.

    Yes, it is possible that tidying up does mean there aren't as many nesting sites for them. I think this problem is everywhere. That is why nest boxes are great to put up, also planting bird friendly hedges, plants and flowers helps.
    Thanks for your contribution, very interesting.

    Trisha

    Posted 1 year ago #

  7. admin
    Key Master

    Have just been for a walk and the wild berries will soon be ripening in some of the bushes and hedges. It's good that hedges / bushes can provide fruit and berries that see birds through the Autumn and sometimes the winter. We have planted some in our garden and it has given so many berries for birds every year through the years.

    Soon when they ripen I'll be eating some of the berries as well.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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