I think we have been too generous with feeding routine in our front garden and the hedge sparrows have had a very successful breeding season. There are about 10 on the feeder.
At the same time there are about 16 underneath picking up the spilled seed.
The great tits and blue tits wait till late afternoon and the sparrows have gone off to turn up to tackle the peanuts. There are definitely 3 or 4 pairs of these now.
Have your bird populations increased this year?
We never saw many sparrows over on the smallholding near the coast but here 100s! well maybe dozens - quite a lot anyway! and they eat a whole feeders worth of seed everyday and 3 fat balls - greedy lot
ReplyDeleteMine are on a diet - just one fat ball a day with a feeder of seed and a handful of meal worms for the robin and blackbirds. they are greedy!
DeleteWe are seeing far more small birds this year, which pleases hubby and I.
ReplyDeleteI see very few sparrows and don't know why. They used to be so common.
ReplyDeleteNo sparrows, pigeons and giant sea gulls thanks to them stealing food from rubbish bags.
ReplyDeleteThe only good thing about having wheelie bins is not having the birds etc attacking bin bags.
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