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hedge sparrow

a small brownish European songbird, Prunella modularis: family Prunellidae (accentors)

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Wrens and dunnocks (sometimes called hedge sparrows) are also likely inhabitants of dense, thorny cover, so we're already able to help four species simply by planting a shrub or two.

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I HAVE to say we must be very lucky as we have a resident robin or two, plenty of hedge sparrows and also a thrush who we can hear tapping the snail shells on the path.