16 JANUARY 1915, Page 17

BIRDS IN PUBLIC PARKS.

[To sea EDITOR OP ran SPECT.1.70."1 Sin,—We seem to be particularly favoured this year in the North-East in wild bird life. In half an hour's walk at 9 a.m. in Jesmond Dene Park in this city I encountered specimens of the following: Greater spotted woodpecker, misselthrusb, starling, hedge sparrow, blackbird, bramblefinch, goldfinch, wren, robin, linnet, blue tit, rook, and bullfinch. This park is within two hundred yards of a busy tram route. With the exception of the woodpecker, all the birds are easily approach. able, and I wonder if your Southern readers can give a better list of birds seen in a casual walk in a public park.—I am,