Greenfinches and chaffinches and others just take a delicate sip from the water. Not so sparrows. They dive straight in and there is not a lot of water left when they have finished, but there is a definite pecking order. If the alpha male is having a good scrub everyone else waits their turn.
These are three youngsters playing and bathing at the same time
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