At the lido!

Neither had I, grannyq, so I just wrote it phonetically.

anno as a Glaswegian, I had no idea how to spell what we called sparrows!!

yes i am lucky and it all sits in the middle of 5ooo houses making it truley amazing.the area has been designated as a bird sanctuary because there are so many, plus the migratory ones going to s.a. cuba and south florida.
its almost a hundred degrees out there and there are my 3 egrets doing "bug duty"keeping my garden bug free.

Speugs in Scotland.

I've called them spuggies all my life. I was born and bred in Cumberland. Poor things have resorted to dust baths here in the Tyne Valley.

cavewoman Yes, they are Northumberland sparrows! ?mimiro what a huge variety of wildlife visits your garden! You are very lucky ?

i had to create 3 different ones.from almost ground level to the gorgeous large one husband gave me for birthday.
we have massive bird migrations here and were having wrs between local,crows,wooddoves,carolina wrens ,jay,cardinals.blue birds and tiny yellow tits,oh and a occassional buzzards.after putting in low ones discovered other wildlife was coming in at night foxes,cats,raccoons and even a poor gopher tortoise who was looking for water in a draught.they seem to share better now.except for the robins who just bully everyone.\the need for water is universal,with the heat waves and not alot of rain they will range to find it.even the large waterbirds here(who can fly a mile to lake or river)will stretch to drink before heading for more wet areas.
we also put out cut fruit and remains of fruit for extra energy.they love it and i have singing in my yard every morning.

Had to look up "spuggies". Geordie sparrows?

We have separate feeding and water stations for the wood pigeons. They are so uncouth.

No druggies use my bird bath but the spuggies do!