The cheery and sociable house sparrow is more closely associated with ... On freshly molted (nonbreeding) bird, the blackish and reddish regions obscured by gray feather tips.

As sparrows do not migrate in winter and stay in the UK despite the cold and struggle to find plentiful food sources, ...

Let’s look at some of our guests. The first brown bird that might come to mind is the sparrow, and several species come to my feeder. The house sparrow is common in cities and suburbs.

Birds such as the song thrush and greenfinch, once a common sight in Northern Ireland's gardens, have been overtaken by the woodpigeon and long-tailed tit. This year the house sparrow was the most ...