Lovebirds

My neighbour tells me that her lovebirds never came back.

'I've taken the cage in today,' she said regretfully, 'my dad says that the sparrows will attack them - they'll be jealous of their colours.'

'And the sparrowhawk would soon spot them too,' I suggest, 'It's been so cold so unless they've found some good shelter and the food they need at a bird table, I think they'll have difficulty surviving.'

Richard Bell, richard@willowisland.co.uk