I've Just....

[carrust]

....seen a house sparrow,the 1st for at least 6mths!

[boxtops]

I don't get any round here, either.

[carrust]

As I look @ my feeders I've got 3 lesser redpolls, 8 siskins, 2 bullfinches, 10 goldfinches & most of the tits & 1 sparrow that's just buGGered off!

[chaptazbru]

Love those little tykes !

[Maydup]

Wow, will you send me some Greenfinches?

We have house sparrows in our eaves and i can see about 20 at any given moment. But greenfinches and goldfinches are as rare as can be. I have tried niger seeds and all sorts but still only seen one or two of each in the last year.

[carrust]

Maydup, I only feed with sunflower hearts & all the birds eat them including robins & dunnocks. Btw, it must have cost me over £80-00 this winter in bird food....well worth it though:-)

[cupid04]

haven't seen a green finch in my garden for a couple of years. plenty of sparrows, starlings, wood pigeons, collared doves etc. haven't seen a song thrush for ages either.

[Kleiber]

Oh, I wish we had sparrows up here - I really miss the little blighters. There are lots of other birds, some that folk would give their right arm to see, but there's something special about sparrows...

[julia-mag]

How about we have a 'swop-shop' for wild birds? I can offer crows, magpies,sparrows, blackbirds, blue-tits, great-tits. long-tailed tits. plus seagulls, I would like some thrushes, goldfinch, any other song birds. skylarks. I live in East Devon. What can you offer?

[ladybirder]

I get lots of Greenfinches on my window feeder filled with sunflower hearts and live mealworms. Greenfinches and Chaffinches eat the seeds and Robins, Tits and Blackbirds eat the live worms, all one metre away from where I sit. Better than TV:-)

[Frank97]

I'll swop a Little Egret for a Redpoll, a Bullfinch or a Siskin, we never seem to get those round here, as for Sparrows, I'll throw in a box full for free. ;-)

[ladybirder]

Not seen a sparrow here for years but did see some tree sparrows in the hedgerow at garden centre on the downs above Brighton.

[Maydup]

I can offer a half dozen chaffinches, a quarrel of house sparrows, some tree sparrows, a half dozen blackbirds and as many starlings as you can manage; in exchange for a pair of goldfinches to call my own!

(Spending about £20 per month on food too)

[carrust]

I'll swop a greenfinch, a redpoll & a siskin for a red kite & a buzzard....any takers?