Sparrows

Tweeted a small flock of what I took to be sparrows, maybe as many as a dozen, not something I see much of, grazing on fallen flowers from some ornamental tree on the southern pavement of Manor Green Road.

Surprisingly tame, but they took to the hedge adjacent before I was in camera range and to the air by the time I reached the hedge.

Rather duller plumage than those snapped above, turned up by Bing. Google Images suggests that these last are Eurasian tree sparrows (Passer montanus), turning up, inter alia, this very image, but also points me to reference 1 and the house sparrow (Passer domesticus), which is very probably what I saw.

References

Reference 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_sparrow.

Reference 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_tree_sparrow.