First few minutes, in the life of a newly fledged Tree Sparrow!

I was lucky enough to witness the first few minutes in the life of a young Tree Sparrow, as it left one of the Nest Boxes in my wildlife garden, here in north Antrim. It's quite scary to see just how vulnerable they are though, for those early minutes, away from the relative safety of the nest box.
After 4 years of feeding my garden birds daily & encouraging House Sparrows, my resident pair of Tree Sparrows finally nested in one of my boxes last year, which was wonderful. I now have 15 Nest Boxes & will be putting more up this Autumn.
This year, I've already had two nests fledged from different pairs & two other pairs are on eggs, as I write.
It's very satisfying to be able to do something for our birds, creatures which have given me a lifetime of pleasure.
The Tree Sparrow:
www.rspb.org.uk/discoveranden...
Operation Tree Sparrow:
www.rspb.org.uk/whatwedo/proje...
Tree Sparrows: Advice to Farmers
www.rspb.org.uk/forprofessiona...
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I lived in Troon for 32 years and I moved to Holland 19 years ago. We used to have loads of sparrows but the population declined dramatically. Five years ago two sparrows came to my back door every day for food. They had four babies and then suddenly flew away. They came back in the spring and bought lots of friends. Now after five years I'm looking after a huge number and it's a full time job.😂