If I had my way and lived alone and unencumbered by modern life, I would get up with the birds in summer and not go to roost until dark, late at night, but in winter I would sleep in, deal with the daytime neccessities and curl up in my little nest again when the sun went down.
Life would it cheap as well!
clocks
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alan refail
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Primrose
As I have said before on the forum, we have many hundreds of sparrows round here. They were a bit sparse for a few years, but now they are back in force and raising a couple of broods a year.
Must be something to do with all that sex (whatever that is). Or maybe it's also to do with our local agriculture being still traditional - sheep and cattle and not a single wall/hedgerow or tree ripped out over hundreds (probably thousands) of square miles. Oh, and we do feed them as well.
Alan
As I have said before on the forum, we have many hundreds of sparrows round here. They were a bit sparse for a few years, but now they are back in force and raising a couple of broods a year.
Must be something to do with all that sex (whatever that is). Or maybe it's also to do with our local agriculture being still traditional - sheep and cattle and not a single wall/hedgerow or tree ripped out over hundreds (probably thousands) of square miles. Oh, and we do feed them as well.
Alan
Cred air o bob deg a glywi, a thi a gei rywfaint bach o wir (hen ddihareb Gymraeg)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
alan, youve probably hit the nail on the head without realising why. grassland is rarely if ever sprayed with insecticides whereas your average cereal crop will have several doses in the growing season starting in the autumn and going on till just before harvest, whilst aimed at aphids these will kill most of the birds food supply. the cereal field is a desert as far as the birds are concerned.
Hi Alan,
After an absence of about 15 years last year and the year before Sparrows invaded my property and raised umpteen broods but on Deluge Friday they all disappeared and although I have seen the odd one or two they are not even roosting here any longer.
I can't quite understand why though. Any thoughts?
JB.
After an absence of about 15 years last year and the year before Sparrows invaded my property and raised umpteen broods but on Deluge Friday they all disappeared and although I have seen the odd one or two they are not even roosting here any longer.
I can't quite understand why though. Any thoughts?
JB.
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alan refail
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Richard
You suggested:
"youve probably hit the nail on the head without realising why"
Actually I knew exactly what I was saying. All that is ever used on the grassland round here is the occasion sprinkling of nitrogen fertiliser and whey from the creamery up the road. Since posting I have realised that it is not in small sheep/cattle farmers' interests to remove cloddiau (walls with hedges on top) as they are an essential way of separating grazing fields. And what's the point of spending money taking out trees when they do not interfere in any way with farming methods?
Johnboy
I have no idea what is happening with the sparrow population. I just know that they are back in NW Wales in great numbers. Maybe there is an answer here.
Alan
You suggested:
"youve probably hit the nail on the head without realising why"
Actually I knew exactly what I was saying. All that is ever used on the grassland round here is the occasion sprinkling of nitrogen fertiliser and whey from the creamery up the road. Since posting I have realised that it is not in small sheep/cattle farmers' interests to remove cloddiau (walls with hedges on top) as they are an essential way of separating grazing fields. And what's the point of spending money taking out trees when they do not interfere in any way with farming methods?
Johnboy
I have no idea what is happening with the sparrow population. I just know that they are back in NW Wales in great numbers. Maybe there is an answer here.
Alan