I just began to hail as I was out in the garden replenishing the
birdfeeders. Beginning to turn to rain now, however.

Anne

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Gianna Stefani wrote:

Anne Burgess wrote:
I just began to hail as I was out in the garden replenishing the
birdfeeders. Beginning to turn to rain now, however.

Anne


My sparrows vanished for the winter ... are they with you ?
Other resident species still here.

I've had a few here in Stafford. *Lots* of finches as well.

Jim
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Anne Burgess wrote:
I just began to hail as I was out in the garden replenishing the
birdfeeders. Beginning to turn to rain now, however.

Anne


My sparrows vanished for the winter ... are they with you ?
Other resident species still here.


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"Jim" wrote in message
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Gianna Stefani wrote:


My sparrows vanished for the winter ... are they with you ?
Other resident species still here.

I've had a few here in Stafford. *Lots* of finches as well.


.... we've got the sparrows down here methinks!

Martin.


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Martin Rowley wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
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Gianna Stefani wrote:


My sparrows vanished for the winter ... are they with you ?
Other resident species still here.

I've had a few here in Stafford. *Lots* of finches as well.



... we've got the sparrows down here methinks!


mmm well I hope they will come home soon ... I have several kilos of
food waiting ... and there is a limit on how much I can stuff into 3
great tits, two blue tits, and one robin.

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www.buchan-meteo.org.uk

"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote in message
m...
Gianna Stefani wrote:


My sparrows vanished for the winter ... are they with you ?
Other resident species still here.

I've had a few here in Stafford. *Lots* of finches as well.


... we've got the sparrows down here methinks!

Martin.

You would be very welcome to take the raucous blighters that play
in our guttering. Incidentally, while scanning the view to compile the
1450Z weather report (in another post), I noticed well in excess of
150 fieldfare, 100 redwing and 40 starlings feeding on the pastures
at the edge of town.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)

Gianna Stefani wrote:

Martin Rowley wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
m...

Gianna Stefani wrote:


My sparrows vanished for the winter ... are they with you ?
Other resident species still here.

I've had a few here in Stafford. *Lots* of finches as well.



... we've got the sparrows down here methinks!


mmm well I hope they will come home soon ... I have several kilos of
food waiting ... and there is a limit on how much I can stuff into 3
great tits, two blue tits, and one robin.

The trick is to use a funnel.

Jim
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Find me at http://www.ursaminorbeta.co.uk AIM/iChatAV: JCAndrew2
"We deal in the moral equivalent of black holes, where the normal
laws of right and wrong break down; beyond those metaphysical
event horizons there exist ... special circumstances" - Use Of Weapons

Martin Rowley wrote:

"Jim" wrote in message
m...
Gianna Stefani wrote:


My sparrows vanished for the winter ... are they with you ?
Other resident species still here.

I've had a few here in Stafford. *Lots* of finches as well.


... we've got the sparrows down here methinks!


I've also seen a pair of long-tailed tits (new to me) and a grey bird
with a black head, about the size of a blue-tit. I think it's called a
Black Cap, also new to me.

Weather-wise (just to keep this vaguely on-topic) it's clearing now, and
calming down a bit. Sky is 70% clear, wind from the WNW.

Jim
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laws of right and wrong break down; beyond those metaphysical
event horizons there exist ... special circumstances" - Use Of Weapons

Jim wrote:
Gianna Stefani wrote:


Martin Rowley wrote:

"Jim" wrote in message
.com...


Gianna Stefani wrote:



My sparrows vanished for the winter ... are they with you ?
Other resident species still here.

I've had a few here in Stafford. *Lots* of finches as well.



... we've got the sparrows down here methinks!


mmm well I hope they will come home soon ... I have several kilos of
food waiting ... and there is a limit on how much I can stuff into 3
great tits, two blue tits, and one robin.


The trick is to use a funnel.


(-:

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Gianna Stefani

www.buchan-meteo.org.uk

Gianna Stefani wrote:

... we've got the sparrows down here methinks!


mmm well I hope they will come home soon ... I have several kilos of
food waiting ... and there is a limit on how much I can stuff into 3
great tits, two blue tits, and one robin.


The trick is to use a funnel.


(-:

Warning: May be illegal in Cheshire.

Jim
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laws of right and wrong break down; beyond those metaphysical
event horizons there exist ... special circumstances" - Use Of Weapons