The joy of sparrows

Slow-worm

I doubt I'm the only one who could watch sparrows all day; there's about 20+ in our little flock, they flit in and out of the shrubs and feeders, I adore the sound of their little wings fluttering! 
The entire starling family come and have a bath, and the sparrows stand on the edge to get a shower. 😄

Sheps

I used to love photographing the Tree Sparrows at my local nature reserve, great little birds.

bcpathome

I love them too ,we named our house Sparrow House as we have so many ,they come inside if I forget and leave the sitting room window open too far .I love it when they play on our window sill .Wish I had a camera and could show you all .

Slow-worm

That's a beautiful photo Sheps! 

Sheps

Thanks @Slow-worm

didyw

I love them!  Just down the road from us is a hedge they particularly love - I can hear them chattering away as I approach.  Then it all goes quiet as I walk past, as if they don't want me to overhear, and they start up again once I've passed them!

philippasmith2

Lots of sparrows here in the garden but I notice they are rather indiscriminate drinkers/bathers.
Blue Tits OTOH tend to be into synchronised drinking .  5 or 6 around the water bowl.  If you take time to watch, No. 1 will sip, then No. 2 and so on - all carefully taking their turn.

Lizzie27

We've got lots of sparrows too, I can watch them from my chair in the sitting room. The tiny ones are gorgeous.

tui34

My wee sparrows et al enjoy a dust bath in my garden to clean up their mites.  There are little holes in the soil everywhere!

Fire

We have three nesting sites this year in the garden - one in a swift box. I have noticed they went completely absent with the heatwave. Perhaps they do tend to disappear from gardens more in the summer. I am been a bit concerned. Down here in London the aphids have disappeared with the heat and insects on the whole have had a hard year, which will impact the birds.

I have to say that I have over looked my sparrows a bit, hoping for other species to come in, like greenfinch, chaffinch or bull finch, which I have never seen, in ten years in the garden. But the sparrows are special too, as you say, and their numbers are in steep decline.

B3

They'd be a joy a few gardens away but they use my garden as a toilet. My cherry plum is white with shttt and the bay tree isn't faring much better. The ground underneath looks like it's been snowing.