My Garden 2020

Interesting comments re spuggies. Not sure where I picked it up from but known from being a kid their name. No relations are geordies but plenty were from Yorks on my mam's side unless Barton was in Yorks during the 1900s where my dad and his kin were born. One of my welder mates was nicknamed Spuggy due to his lack of height which must have come in useful when he was working on the east-west pipeline

Regards
Max

It is a very well used word by us Yorkshire folk

Geordie term apparently. I’ve never heard it used in Lincolnshire except by Max.
In London, they’re sometimes described as spadgers.

When I got the email about spugs, came on, but now page is blank, so I assume Robert now knows what spugs are, but in case he doesn't, spuggies are House Sparrows.

Regards
JTG

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Oct 26th: Coal / Blue and Great Tit, Common Gull, Robin, Spugs and best part of 30 feral pigs.
Oct 30th: Coal Tit.
Nov 3rd: Buzzard over and watched for 5 mins (excellent made my week).
Nov 7th: Greylag - 22 over low going south-east (maybe towards MSQ). The lone Blackbird has been joined by five more and they are all tucking into the berries, hope they leave some for any Waxwings who may fancy a treat

Today the spuggies devouring the fat balls/peanuts in front/back gardens must be at least thirty which is a little down on usual. Restricting the seeds due to the infernal feral pigs they are a complete nuisance and offer nowt but their waste! Since they took over the area the Collared Doves are no more, not seen any in ages. Even the wood pigs have gone, wish a tribe of sprawks would hoover up the ferals and make my year!!

Regards
JTG