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What
Insects might you find in a hedge?
Birds| Butterflies |Insects | Mammals
Birds
| House Sparrow |
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| About the House
Sparrow: House Sparrows are found almost always near areas of human habitation and distribution such as cities and suburbs or areas with a reliable food source like barns or granaries. This species nests in structures ranging from gutters and downpipes to thick shrubs and bushes. They effectively compete with other local birds, and are known to destroy nests and eggs and kill nestlings and adults while taking over a nest site. The male constructs a bulky, dome-shaped nest of coarse grasses, weeds, hair and feathers. The female lays three to five white/brown speckled eggs. |
| Linnet |
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| About the Linnet: Linnets are social birds throughout the year and twitter constantly to each other. By staying together in small groups they search for food and watch out for predators at the same time. The linnet is a common species across the Irish countryside where it favours weedy fields, hedgerows, woodland edges and orchards. Linnets are also very dependent on wildflower seeds during the breeding season, when the chicks are fed on seeds rather than insects. In winter they form large flocks and feed on stubble fields and other cultivated areas, along shorelines and on waste ground. |
| Reed Bunting |
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| About the Reed
Bunting: As the name suggests, Reed Buntings prefer marshy areas with reeds, sedges and scrub. Reed Buntings feed on the ground and they like to stay close to low cover in damp thickets and overgrown bushy meadows. These areas provide valuable food such as insects and seeding weeds. They often feed in grassland close to waterside vegetation and during the winter months can be seen on farmlands far from water. In some countries, e.g. in Ireland, the Reed Bunting has adapted to drier habitats including heathland, hedges and young conifer plantations. |
| Robin |
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| About the Robin: Robins are resourceful birds and almost anywhere will do to nest ! Robins are aggressive defenders of their territories. In the breeding season, between March and June, males use their red feathers to warn off rivals, puffing out their breasts and make loud ticking calls. Young Robins are streaked and speckled and have no trace of red. Robins will often sing at night under street-lamps and are sometimes mistaken for nightingales. Unlike most other songbirds, both male and female robins sing. Robins have different songs in spring and autumn. |
| Song Thrush |
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| About the Song
Thrush: The Song Thrush is a popular bird both for its handsome colouration and attractive, complicated song patterns. It is usual for one thrush to have over 100 different song phrases. The Song Thrush eats a variety of slugs and snails. The song thrush can produce between 1-3 broods of chicks each summer. Signs of the Song Thrush include the presence of 'anvils' or stones which the birds use to crack open shells, often found surrounded by the remains of smashed snail shells. |
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