Some of the fledglings are venturing into the small water tray for a bath, but it is a technique that needs refining. You would think that the little birds whose fledgling behaviour entails following closely on their parents fluttering their wings would find it easier to translate that movement into the bathing technique, but they… Continue reading Dumpling takes a bath…

‘How many sparrows can you get into a water tray?’ When I scatter the feed in the morning, there are usually a few birds that will be down on the grass to investigate it before I’m even at the top of the steps up to house level and there are some that seem to wait… Continue reading Splish splash II