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house sparrow

House Calls

Saturday 9th March 2002, West Yorkshire

song thrushThe song thrush starts his performance at 5.35 a.m. and a little later he's joined by a melodious blackbird.

house sparrows Later in the day a female house sparrow investigates the gap between the barge boarding and the roof tiles. Much as I'd like to encourage the sparrows to nest there it's a gap that I need to get around to filling with cement, as this side of the house gets all the weather.next page

Richard Bell
Richard Bell,
wildlife illustrator

E-mail; 'richard@willowisland.co.uk'