Injured sparrow!

Hi, just in need of a little advice.
I have an injured sparrow in my garden, it hops about rather clumsily and only seems to be able to get an inch or two off the ground, so not sure whether it has hurt its leg or wing.
It has been in the garden for 2 days now as I thought it best to just leave it alone and let nature takes its course, but as time goes on its becoming more distressing, not just for the bird but also for me and my daughter!
Am I right to just leave it be....or should I take it to the vet/wildlife sanctuary/RSPB?
I think it must be a youngster as occassionally another sparrow comes down and feeds it, they also talk to each other constantly!...its really upsetting.
Thanks

 

To be honest I dont think there is much you can do, it will get better or it will die.

Difficult to watch, but its wildlife, and nature is not kind.

 

Don't watch it happen Alison, it sounds like it won't have a happy ending.

I am having a similar experience watching all the tiny baby frogs get picked off by blackbirds.

 

In my heart I know you are right, thats why I haven't touched it....but its so noisy with its crying thats its almost made my garden a no go area! :(

 

I think they may tell you to leave well alone ... but if you really can't bear to do nothing you could try calling this lot:-

http://www.follywildliferescue.org.uk/

 

A couple of weeks ago a baby sparrow, struggled to get up on the step to my conservatory, eventually he made it.
He put his head under his wing and sat there all day breathing deeply.
Looked a bit later and he was dead.
You cant do anything, but its not easy to watch.

 

Claralou, thank you so much for that useful link. They are not far from me and thankfully have a helpline. Its late and dark now, but if the poor thing is still in the garden tomorrow morning I shall phone them and take their advice....thanks again

 

I hope for a happy ending for you and the little sparrow Axie-Ali - but sadly I doubt it.
Call that number you got from ClaraLou. Don't expect too much but at least you will have done all you can do for a sparrow.

I'm still trying to work out how to help the million people in Pakistan left homeless by the floods. Desperate stuff, but where does the charity money go and how quickly.

 

Anything new Alison? Did it make it through the night? I hope so for your little girl's sake.

 

I haven't seen it today :(, we had lots of rain yesterday so I checked it hadn't been washed into the pond. I know it has travelled to me from my neighbour who reported seeing the poor thing a few days before it came into my garden...so I shall look again tomorrow :(

 

:( Nature is so cruel. Somehow you always feel responsible when some poor little creature ends up in your garden. I'm not going to lose much sleep over the big juicy slug I've just stepped on, mind you.

 

haha Clare...that made me laugh. I do wince a bit when I step on a snail...you can feel the crunch through your shoe for hours after! lol

 

Good point Clare, strange how we apportion varying value on different types of life, I have been more or less evicted from my lawn for the next few days so I can avoid squelching baby frogs, yet I have snipped and salted my way through hundreds of slugs in my time.

Maybe you can convince yourself that it recovered completely and flew away Alison, at least maybe you can convince your little girl of the same thing.