Given the dramatic decline (in many places, disappearance) of the House Sparrow in the UK during my adult life, it’s heartening to encounter a noisy colony of these gregarious birds, as here, by the Trent & Mersey canal, near #Shugborough (sound on).

— Andrew Ayton (@andrewayton.bsky.social) 2025-04-22T14:29:05.277Z