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There used to be 6 goldfinches in the garden every day but haven't see them in over a year now and often wonder what happened to them.

Many, many bird species are disappearing from our towns & cities, even one of the commonest, the Sparrow, is not seen in flocks any more. You see individuals but not many.

Sparrows come to mind particularly because we saw lots more while we were in Cuenca than we do here. One day were were having lunch sitting at an open-air cafe when they came flying around the tables & even on the tables looking for dropped bread crumbs. They were very lively birds & seemed to be much brighter than our sparrows in the UK. They may have been a different species as I'm not very informed as to the different species of sparrows in the world - or the UK!

We had hoardes of Sparrows in our hedges in Scotland! What a racket they make! I had a battle to stop them nesting in the eaves. Poor things. They were evicted! They still nested under the garage eaves though. Oh, you’ve brought back some funny memories…Karen vs the House Sparrows! The problem was that where the Sparrows went, the field mice followed and they made a horrible mess as well. I still feel very guilty, but I am certain they found alternative nesting sites because they always came back to the hedges in the autumn.

Hi everyone, Don't forget the garden birdwatch at the end of this month.
Balcony, we have a small group of sparrows around here, and there are Hawthorn hedges about that they love to hide in.
It's a shame that the goldfinches don't visit you anymore Rose. Perhaps they will turn up again.
Nice to hear you have sparrows around Karen. Yes, they are very talkative little birds. A long long way back....as a child we lived in London and I used to feed them with a few crumbs left over. We had a coal-tit visit the other day. We have a Robin too. I keep putting fresh water and food out for them to keep them going over this cold weather.

Lindak, great photo.

Rose, they're down here in my garden! We daily see Goldfinches, Tits of many varieties, Pigeons, Collared Doves and sometimes a Robin. I'm sure it's the Sunflower hearts that attracts them to the feeders. Luckily the Pigeons are too big and clumsy for the feeders ... :o)

Lovely that you get the Goldfinches visiting Shirley.

Thanks Lindak, they are a source of amusement on the feeders at times!