"Sparrows"
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Road Hog

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2,658 posts

242 months

Sunday 30th November 2008
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found 2 of the little fellows in the garage loft ,loft is boarded out so dont know how they got in ,

do i leave um be or move um out ,and how can i catch/trap them.

they kept flying at me ,abit Hitchcock style "THE BIRDS"

wildoliver

9,308 posts

245 months

Sunday 30th November 2008
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Leave them be, they won't do any harm unlike some birds and they are getting very rare now, I remember being a child and the garden being full of them, now if I see one or 2 a day I'm doing well, apparently the same is true all over the country, the problem is with the hedgerows being cut down to make super fields for the big factory farms they have nowhere to nest, yours have obviously found your garage and will use it for generations if you allow them too.

All I would suggest is leave them be for the time being and when the time comes that they leave the nest after having young then just double check they can't cause any damage to anything up there, but try not to disturb them at the moment or while still nesting. Sparrows are very undestructive birds though. Don't block the hole up either unless you really have to as it will make a difference to your local population, when numbers get seriously depleted every breeding pair makes a difference.

I believe they are endangered officially now too so you maybe aren't allowed to move them.

Road Hog

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2,658 posts

242 months

Sunday 30th November 2008
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looks like we are going to be friends then ,hope the dogs dont get them.

Six Fiend

6,067 posts

244 months

Sunday 30th November 2008
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Road Hog said:
looks like we are going to be friends then ,hope the dogs dont get them.
Do your dogs live in the loft? wink

Simpo Two

92,748 posts

294 months

Sunday 30th November 2008
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They get in under the eves.

For three mornings last summer I was woken by a really loud chirping bird that I couldn't locate. I cursed, stuck my head out of all the windows - no sign. Grr.



Two weeks later I opened the loft hatch and a dead baby sparrow fell out. I felt really bad frown

Road Hog

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2,658 posts

242 months

Sunday 30th November 2008
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Six Fiend said:
Road Hog said:
looks like we are going to be friends then ,hope the dogs dont get them.
Do your dogs live in the loft? wink
they are very clever dogs and can climb ladders and lay traps,


they are bird dogs after all (setters)