steve_b_wales Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Looking up at my roof this morning and I saw a Jackdaw feeding on a dead Sparrow. I thought it was a mouse at first but then noticed the feathers. I don't know if the Jackdaw killed it or something else did. I've never witnessed this before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Wonder if it was a young one taken from the nest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 corvids are carion eaters........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down South Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Shot a sparrow yeeeears age, eating the hens mash, hens ate the sparrow too. I’ve got sparrows ready to fledge in the next week, I’ve watched Jackdaws pull good sized youngsters out of the nest in the past, could be a fledgling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 When you realise feathered beings eveolved from dinosaurs then you realise they are meat eaters. Jackdaw probably dragged that one from a nest. I have alot of young ledglings about at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted May 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 55 minutes ago, johnphilip said: Wonder if it was a young one taken from the nest. This looked full grown to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Years ago I saw a pair of crows work road trying and succeeding mostly in wiping out a family of 5 youngish fledgling starlings. The crows went frantically trying to disable all of the starlings not content with 1 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 We have a tall and relatively dense privet used by the small brown jobs to nest, and this this time of year there are regularly both crows and jacks "working" it for fledglings. Unfortunately we cannot permanently discourage as the hedge is only 20 from a fairly main road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Chickens are nasty creatures, when i was a kid we spent our summer holidays on a cousins farm, i had seen dozens of hens kill one of there own because it was unwell, they literally pecked it to bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royden Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Some years ago i watched a Carrion Crow take an unsuspecting adult Collared Dove off its nest in the conifer at the bottom of my garden. Grabbing it by its neck it managed to fly about 15 yards back to the roof top from where it came, only just making the gutter level. It dragged it up the roof then pulled it to pieces as if it was a hawk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 I fed the kennel dogs in the garden and the moment i put a bowl down theres crows and seagulls on the roof waitting to help themselves I have a few birdboxes in the garden and from my seat i can see a blue tit bulding a nest in one its struggling to get in with a mouthful of straw as theres no perch to land on ,on the outside of the box its too late to put one on this year maybe next year ?. But ive a feeling that might saw the fledgelings from a magpie or crow reaching in ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Dougy said: Chickens are nasty creatures, when i was a kid we spent our summer holidays on a cousins farm, i had seen dozens of hens kill one of there own because it was unwell, they literally pecked it to bits. thats why they put spectacles on turkeys...and cut their beaks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmanwan Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 I once saw a magpie chase after a sparrow on the wing, knock it to the ground, then drop on top of it and peck it to death. They initially flew past me at arms length, the magpie so fixated on the little sparrow it completely ignored me. another 15 yards and it was all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 13 minutes ago, Bigbob said: I fed the kennel dogs in the garden and the moment i put a bowl down theres crows and seagulls on the roof waitting to help themselves I have a few birdboxes in the garden and from my seat i can see a blue tit bulding a nest in one its struggling to get in with a mouthful of straw as theres no perch to land on ,on the outside of the box its too late to put one on this year maybe next year ?. But ive a feeling that might saw the fledgelings from a magpie or crow reaching in ?. Perches are not a good idea on a birdbox, most hole nesting birds prefer to fly straight to the entrance, perches allow predators a foothold, another good idea is to have at least a 50mm overhang on the roof of the birdbox on the side with the entrance hole, this can deter anything reaching in from the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 50 minutes ago, royden said: Some years ago i watched a Carrion Crow take an unsuspecting adult Collared Dove off its nest in the conifer at the bottom of my garden. Grabbing it by its neck it managed to fly about 15 yards back to the roof top from where it came, only just making the gutter level. It dragged it up the roof then pulled it to pieces as if it was a hawk. My old office used to look over cables running between two buildings, every year I watched Carrions taking young Swallows off them whilst flying they got very good at it always coming from behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Magpies and Jackdaw keep a careful eye on the nest building activities of songbirds, often returning to the remembered area in 5-6 weeks time, to take the eggs or nestlings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirokuMK70 Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 4 hours ago, Dougy said: Chickens are nasty creatures, when i was a kid we spent our summer holidays on a cousins farm, i had seen dozens of hens kill one of there own because it was unwell, they literally pecked it to bits. They are just little velociraptors... i once watched one of my hens stamp and peck a mouse to death. Then all 4 of them spent 5 minutes playing tug of war with it - fully intending to eat it, until i took it off them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob85 Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 The worst I saw was 2 horrible looking seagulls sitting on the roof of my grannies house tormenting the starlings and garden birds, not sure what they got hold of but whatever bird it was got pummelled to death and they tore it up and then just flew off. If there was 1 type of bird I think deserves to be shot on sight its damn seagulls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve s×s Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 All good informative posts but you're preaching to the converted, this subject should be somehow made public ie on tv so the no brainers are shown the Truth or is this to much to ask for 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 11 hours ago, Rob85 said: If there was 1 type of bird I think deserves to be shot on sight its damn seagulls I always thought the Protection of Birds Act, 1954 got most things about right. But they had to mess with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 1 hour ago, steve s×s said: All good informative posts but you're preaching to the converted, this subject should be somehow made public ie on tv so the no brainers are shown the Truth or is this to much to ask for 🙄 I'm afraid the TV companies will never make a programme showing this type of information, or domestic cat songbird killings (27,000,000) per Spring/Summer in the UK, and that's an RSPB figure !, House Sparrow, Robin, Blue tit and Blackbird being the favourite playthings............they rarely eat them, just traumatise them to death. The truth hurts, there you go, that would be a good name for the programme😁. All the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 Was in traffic today when i seen a jackdaw eating on the remains of a pigeon so they will eat meat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 most birds will eat meat.......it is rocket fuel protien.......dont forget even the humble tit family will go mad over a lump of beef suet fat on a wire.......all little squabs are fed on caterpilliars ..flies bugs.............chimpanzee monkeys will kill other monkeys for protien lifes a bitch aint it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted May 7, 2022 Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 21 hours ago, steve s×s said: All good informative posts but you're preaching to the converted, this subject should be somehow made public ie on tv so the no brainers are shown the Truth or is this to much to ask for 🙄 So true, yet that bunch of muppets on the board of Natural Resources Wales still saw fit to remove magpies, jays and jackdaws from the Welsh GL for the protection of birds, even red-listed birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted May 7, 2022 Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Bobba said: So true, yet that bunch of muppets on the board of Natural Resources Wales still saw fit to remove magpies, jays and jackdaws from the Welsh GL for the protection of birds, even red-listed birds. Just a revelation of the reality that these bods don't understand or give a fig, probably driven behind the scenes by green idiots? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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