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LazyDaisy Jun 2020 2:55pm, 9 Jun 2020 30,393 posts	0 LazyDaisy We have no sparrows, ER. Pretty much everything else from wrens to blue and long-tailed tits, blackbirds etc up to wood pigeons, but no sparrows. They are numerous in gardens less than a quarter of a mile further downhill, closer into town. We wonder if there's a warmth factor involved which keeps them in a slightly more urban environment?
Dvorak Jun 2020 2:56pm, 9 Jun 2020 19,918 posts	0 Dvorak EX- CELL - ENT (Sparrows, plenty here. They love our hedges. Some of them, and other birds, have taken to just sauntering past the greenhouse whilst I am in it.)
Groundhog Jun 2020 3:33pm, 9 Jun 2020 852 posts	0 Groundhog I'm wearing my Avoid everyone vest while working from home and on a Teams meeting.
chunkywizard Jun 2020 3:55pm, 9 Jun 2020 8,266 posts	0 chunkywizard I wore mine on my run today and I am sure I got some funny looks!
SarahWoo Jun 2020 4:51pm, 9 Jun 2020 11,466 posts	0 SarahWoo We have loads of sparrows - I was always puzzled by reports of their numbers decreasing.
Velociraptor Jun 2020 4:56pm, 9 Jun 2020 47,049 posts	0 Velociraptor We have big flocks of sparrows around the houses here, probably because a lot of the old folk have bird-buffets in their gardens. A few hundred metres out of town and it's all tiny birds.
Diogenes Jun 2020 4:58pm, 9 Jun 2020 49,632 posts	0 Diogenes Disappeared from lots of rural and semi-rural areas over the last 30 years, I believe because of the reduction in hedgerows
SarahWoo Jun 2020 5:01pm, 9 Jun 2020 11,468 posts	0 SarahWoo Not this particular rural area, thank goodness
WtnMel Jun 2020 5:07pm, 9 Jun 2020 1,408 posts	0 WtnMel My partner's son visited at lunchtime with our grand-daughters so we could have a socially-distanced chat (they brought their own lunch, drinks etc. and we stayed at least 2 metres apart at all times so we felt safe enough to do so)
ChrisHB Jun 2020 5:20pm, 9 Jun 2020 19,378 posts	0 ChrisHB we've also always had sparrows 0.4 miles away (guess who runs with a Garmin), but as the crow flies it will be a bit less than that.