House Sparrows in the dogwood the other day. They kept flying off and coming back again like a little gang. There must have been insects in the branches though I didn't see them eating. We used to call them Spadgers at home. Andy used to call them Spuggies. I am from Kent and he is from Northumberland. Apparently they are called Spyng or Spurdie in the Orkneys, and Chummy, Craff and Hoosie in other places. They are the perfect LBB. (Little Brown Bird-I think that is a kind of twitcher joke for unidentified birds) A number of years ago there was quite a decline in their numbers, and I remember noticing there were not as many around. They are on the endangered species list in the UK I think but their numbers are gradually climbing. Another good excuse for being a fairly messy gardener!
They only weigh around 25-35 grams!
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LBB, chummy, cute little ball of fluff. Thank you for making your garden wild! Wild-ing is the thing now.Animal and bugs like it better.
There's not many sparrows around here either, more in the city where they vie with the pigeons for crumbs, so you can imagine my excitement when I saw one among the brown doves on my own lawn. We used to call them Spoggies.
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We've always known them as LBJs! Little Brown Jobs!! Apparently there are 37 varieties of LBJ! We have House Sparrows and Dunnocks in our garden, generally mob handed...much safer with all the magpies around this year.
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Wonderful accomplishments. Wish my hit and miss borders looked so goo. I think my problem is that usually (for me) it is a way to get rid of left over strips so mine looks messy. Yours has a rhythm and consistency which mine never has. Will save a copy of yours as a GOOD example of what hit and miss should look like.
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It's wonderful to hear that House Sparrow populations are recovering.
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