Sparrows and Starlings

[texelburger]

Our farmyard is full of them,the Starlings are feeding on the TMR and the Sparrows,well,I'm not sure really.
The yard is clean and concrete everywhere but the Sparrows have crapped all over the tractors and telehandler.I had to jam the Combine,which had been fully cleaned and washed post harvest,in a full grainstore to stop them making a mess.

I have never seen so many Sparrows around the yard,Robins too.Is everyone else having the same problems ?

I thought the RSPB said in, a garden survey,the number of small songbirds have fallen.I know why,they have all migrated to our farmyard !

 

[thorpe]

don't have many sparrow's around the yard but the bu99er's wont let anything else near the bird feeder's till therve had there fill! wagtails , loads of them seem to luv fresh lifted beet ground never used to have these numbers year's ago

 

[nick...]

Can’t say I’ve got that issue despite having 24 acres of wild bird seed all around the yard and we have literally thousands of small song birds about.it’s a joy to see and watch them but I sympathise with your issue.maybe it’s the spilled animal food.we were plauged with starlings in the 70/80s when we kept 2500 pigs.
nick…

 

[texelburger]

Can’t say I’ve got that issue despite having 24 acres of wild bird seed all around the yard and we have literally thousands of small song birds about.it’s a joy to see and watch them but I sympathise with your issue.maybe it’s the spilled animal food.we were plauged with starlings in the 70/80s when we kept 2500 pigs.
nick…

I'm not sure what the Sparrows are feeding on as the yard is clean,there is a small pile of rolled barley ,in the corner of a shed,for the TMR but it's there every year.It would be quite nice to see them if they didn't perch on the machinery and sh#t everywhere!

 

[Welderloon]

You need some of the cats, sparrowhawks, buzzards, red kites, goshawks, marsh harriers & whatever other hooked beaked small bird murdering creatures that we have here, they have fairly made a dent in the numbers up this way.

 

[No wot]

Can’t say I’ve got that issue despite having 24 acres of wild bird seed all around the yard and we have literally thousands of small song birds about.it’s a joy to see and watch them but I sympathise with your issue.maybe it’s the spilled animal food.we were plauged with starlings in the 70/80s when we kept 2500 pigs.
nick…

What plants do you have that make up your wild bird seed cover

 

[yellowfrog]

if you are feeding maize thats what brings them in. some farmers round here only feed maize at night

 

[boasley]

I've got fed up with sparrows in an old grain store, every time I fill in a gap in the eaves or door they find another way in. Just as an experiment I bought two plug in rotating LED mirror balls, cheap Chinese rubbish from eBay, think they were 7 quid each and wow, no sparrows at all in the grain store. Plus from the outside at night it looks like there's a rave going on in there... Apparently sparrows hate flashing/ revolving light. Bit eccentric but worked for me

 

[Moors Lad]

You need some of the cats, sparrowhawks, buzzards, red kites, goshawks, marsh harriers & whatever other hooked beaked small bird murdering creatures that we have here, they have fairly made a dent in the numbers up this way.

NO,no, it`s none of them it`s ALL down to modern farming methods... For probably 30 years we never saw a hedgehog round these parts. New regime on moor for grouse shooting - few years pass - never see a single badger now, BUT hedgehogs are back!! That`s just an example of what`s happening nationally - I once read about the high density of badgers in the UK compared to other countries - the "experts" WON`T admit that they murder hedgehogs though!! Will the increasing numbers of raptors and endless pet cats in the UK not have an effect on small/song bird populations ? Might the increasing numbers of badgers be having an effect on wild bee numbers?? ( NO stupid! it`s all down to "modern farming methods")

 

[nick...]

What plants do you have that make up your wild bird seed cover

Quinoa,red and white millet,sunflowers,spring barley and triticale
nick...

 

[thorpe]

Quinoa,red and white millet,sunflowers,spring barley and triticale
nick...

little birds are enjoying our winter bird feed plots, and the sparrow hawks are enjoying the little bird's i wish the enjoyed canada geese!