Rimfireboy Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 Sparrow hawks have all but wiped out the blackbirds around my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltings Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 seen loads of strikes in Coventry gardens but nothing tops this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 So magpies can't swim then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltings Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 10 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: So magpies can't swim then? couldn't take the squawking I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400yrds Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 Cool pics. One regularly takes a sorti down my hawthorn hedge to pick off the sparrows living within. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 On 09/11/2019 at 23:10, Saltings said: seen loads of strikes in Coventry gardens but nothing tops this Wouldn't have expected that, it looked like the spar new what it was doing as if it had used the water before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 Sparrow hawks prey on my feeders but I put up some hanging lines that seemed to deter them. Loads of Buzzards here as well. One is in my field most days having a go at the fox bait. We have red kites close to here now too and barn owls hunting the field at the end of the day. It is a wonder anything else can survive 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldgun Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 On 02/10/2019 at 19:44, old'un said: Agreed the magpie and squirrel will impact on bird numbers and I do my bit to keep numbers down with the air rifle and a Larsen, all I am saying is the Sparrowhawk takes far more birds in a year then the other two. You may not have many around your area but we get spars visiting our garden at least a couple of times a day. Yes so do we (north Norfolk coast)there has been a big reduction in sparrows and we get regular headless wood pigeons but what a hunter and a beautiful bird. Also low flying buzzards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 The argument that the sparrow hawk takes more prey than magpies and squirrels does not really hold water....pun not intended....there are far more magpies and squirrels than sparrow hawks. I only have one pair in my wood/orchard/garden and they keep the other birds on their toes. Squirels and magpies are NOT tolerated. Great video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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