Shooterluke Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) At my mams for tea in her back garden theres a row of 7ft conifers just seen a sparrow hawk land on the top of them start flapping its wings to make a comotain wait while a couple off black birds come running out and stop then it jumps off the top straight onto one then flys off with it still flapping never seen one do that before seen them swoop down on little song birds but never that behavouir Edited July 9, 2015 by Shooterluke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moor man Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Clever........ saw one with a blackbird in its grasp, it was going off like a car alarm, took a long time to die tho ! Love seeing sparrowhawks here in devon, they jink over hedges in front of the car and will fly just inches above the tarmac, disappearing as quickly as they appeared.....magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Clever........ saw one with a blackbird in its grasp, it was going off like a car alarm, took a long time to die tho ! Love seeing sparrowhawks here in devon, they jink over hedges in front of the car and will fly just inches above the tarmac, disappearing as quickly as they appeared.....magic. Clever but hateful, no matter how fast I drive at then I never hit one ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 " no matter how fast I drive AT THEM I never hit one"-that's a good thing right??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolly2201 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Never hit one, a good thing. The bird is only surviving. There are plenty of videos on the said bird doing amazing things to kill the birds the majority of us on here try to shoot. They are a amazing Bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 I saw one mobbing a buzzard on tues whilst out reccying the pigeons never seen them do this before ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordnance Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 I was sitting in my mother's house, the kitchen. The door was open a sparrow flew in through the door, closely followed by a sparrowhawk. The sparrow flew back out the door the sparrowhawk flew at the window breaking its neck, true story. PS The sparrow hawk in my mates house stuffed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Like to eat their prey alive, just pin their quarry down and start pulling off little bits of meat. I Picked up a redleg partridge once that had one entire half of its chest eaten away down to ten breast bone yet still had its head up. They also decimate grey partridge in the spring when they pair up. A few years ago four in a matter of week flew into my release pen netting and killed themselves. Put a smile on my face every time I picked up a body. Never happened since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 I doubt that the Sparrowhawk "likes" to eat its prey live-they are a lightweight that rely on speed and agility to catch prey and simply do not have the brute force to kill quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Far too many about round here decimating song birds and as Scolopax says, partridge numbers.The sooner they are on the GL the better. I can never understand how people can support the killing of Magpies, but refuse to accept that Sparrowhawks do far more harm to songbird numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Pelt Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 For some of a certain generation one hawk is one too many and for others younger, who may have never seen them as a countryside bird in the past, the hawk’s recent success is something of note. Judging by the disgraceful display of pot shots at spar’hawks that I’ve seen on some small shoots, incidentally all by BASC members, I guess the hawk’s ability to fly fast is far beyond the ability of you old farts to shoot them, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1Decoy Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 I can never understand how people can support the killing of Magpies, but refuse to accept that Sparrowhawks do far more harm to songbird numbers. Interesting point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 For some of a certain generation one hawk is one too many and for others younger, who may have never seen them as a countryside bird in the past, the hawk’s recent success is something of note. Judging by the disgraceful display of pot shots at spar’hawks that I’ve seen on some small shoots, incidentally all by BASC members, I guess the hawk’s ability to fly fast is far beyond the ability of you old farts to shoot them, lol old #### talking (musnt swear keep getting told off) I love to see bop and the sparrow hawk is welcome to whatever it wants, if they want more songbirds plant more hedges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Magpies kill more songbirds than Sparrowhawks by a mile-the S/hawk is far more rare and its numbers are dependant on quarry numbers-if the food source dries up the hawks die-magpies, on the other hand, will live off anything and their numbers are way out of control.Full pelt-please invite me along to a shoot where idiots take shots at BOP-or do the decent thing and report them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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