The Lord giveth, then he taketh away.

[oldherbaceous]

This morning when i was working down the other end of the village at the big farmhouse, i saw the most beautiful thrush, i was so pleased as we rarely seem to get them up our end of the village for some reason.
But my joy was short lived, for as i went round the corner of the house there was another one dead on the lawn, i'm not sure if it had flown into their consevatory window or whether a cat had had it.
I would say it was the other ones partner, what seems to make it even worse.

Life can be so cruel sometimes, i reckon i must be getting a bit soft in my old age.

[Weed]

Like so many birds OH that have disappeared over the years...

when we first moved here we could throw some bread out on the lawn and in an instant we would have a garden full of sparrows....

we hardly ever see one at all these days

[jopsy]

weed all the sparrows live near me!
OH thats really sad you soppy b*gger!whem i see roadkill i have to say 'badger heaven' or 'rabbit heaven' then imagine them somewhere happy and smiley-i find that helps!

[Tigger]

We lost a Robin this weekend, who flew in to my coldframe and broke his neck. Neither the cats or dog were remotely interested, which is pretty unusual.

[Weed]

Jopsy...

I would be delighted if you would direct some of your sparrows northwards...

I can't see many wanting to come its much nicer in Devon.....or 0H Country of course

[alan refail]

...or North West Wales. We have vast numbers of them. We have a number of ivy-covered tree stumps (ex-conifers) about 12 feet high. I think they have converted these into luxury apartment blocks.

Alan

[lizzie]

I have the little sods nesting on top of my bay window upstairs. There's a hole between where the window and roof meet. They don't half make a racket at dawn....waking Lizzie up. A woken Lizzie is a grouchy Lizzie. It sounds like they have on hob nailed boots. I have my very own Sparrow Panza Division

I could move them on but I like hearing them and the squarks of the little ones as mum comes back with something tasty.

[Weed]

Lizzie....

I sympathise really I do, but picture this.. instead of a dawn chorus we have a neighbour's poodle who delights in celebrating each day at 6.0am with a continual yapping...the same dog also celebrates the end of the day likewise at 10.0pm...now if its owner has to get up in the night for any reason ( ) the said poodle is allowed out to yap at the moon..usually this is around 3.0am

You send me your sparrows and I will parcel up the neighbour's dog and send it on to you first class

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Weed, we do have a lot a sparrows round here, and as you can probably guess, they are very well chirpen.

I wonder what Poodle pie would taste like.

[alan refail]

Sods Lizzie

Would that stand for Sparrows On Dawn Service

I love the little b*****s.

Alan

[Weed]

Dear OH

That's something I hadn't thought of...If I am tempted at any point I will surely invite you along to taste the culinary results

I promise you it won't be just a 'hot dog'

I could 'batter' it and fry it but then it may taste better if its 'hung' for a week or so

Actually I love dogs (not to eat I might add) as a rule but this little blighter.... is testing my patience somewhat

[Colin Miles]

We have never seen a house sparrow in our garden since moving here just over 2 years ago. Maybe it's too rural? Plenty of tits of all kinds, goldfinches, dunnocks, etc.

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Weed, i certainly don't think you are being in the least unreasonable.
As i think most people find yapping dogs quite intolerable.

And i'm also a dog lover, infact i still miss my Whippet awfully.

[Compo]

Our favourites around here are the blackbirds, we have a wretched old leylandi hedge, which is dying off but I am loathe to replace it because year after year Mr and Mrs Blackbird and their descendants set up nest and delight us with their nest building antics and the noises the wee ones make when they are squarking for their food.

They are cheeky and have been known to hop inside the kitchen door for scraps, I have been digging the garden borders and found that Mr Blackbird will hop about in the freshly turned soil just inches away from me, I think they know that they are not at risk from humans somehow.

Delightful creatures......does any one know how long they live for?

Compo

[peter]

Actually I love dogs (not to eat I might add) as a rule but this little blighter.... is testing my patience somewhat

Would this be a Toy Poodle?

Or as I would call it a sub-species of Rope-rat?

Why is it little dogs feel the need to yap endlessly at bugger all? My GSP only really makes a noise if someone comes to the door and only then till it is answered or the person leaves.