Neels Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I live in a semi-rural are in North Wales Came home on Monday after work to have my family members allege that the mess of feathers in the back yard was caused by a bird of prey. These feather belonged to one of the woodpigeons that the law and common sense dictate are safe from my culinary intentions . I left the crime scene in my back yard untouched for a day and lo and behold the criminal returned to the scene this morning. and It is suggested to be a sparrowhawk - can anyoneone confirm? Cheers Neels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taz24 Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I live in a semi-rural are in North Wales Came home on Monday after work to have my family members allege that the mess of feathers in the back yard was caused by a bird of prey. These feather belonged to one of the woodpigeons that the law and common sense dictate are safe from my culinary intentions . I left the crime scene in my back yard untouched for a day and lo and behold the criminal returned to the scene this morning. and It is suggested to be a sparrowhawk - can anyoneone confirm? Cheers Neels Can't confirm the bird but nice photos. Isn't there an old saying The enemy of my enemy is my friend. It must be your friend. taz . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Yes thats a sparrowhawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler-2007 Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Cracking photo's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeh Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 You don't know what the bird is?! oh dear oh dear oh dear. It's a spazzer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 We call them a spar here Spazzer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 A sparrowhawk for sure-but they dont tend to pick on birds as big as pigeons usually-great photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liamlumsden Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 cracking photos gota love shortwings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shot shot Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 cool bird! and a good pigeon catcher as well, can they be trained? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 cracking photos gota love shortwings isnt a sparra a longwing like a gos its a acipiter(spelling) shortwings are buzzards harris and the like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 I live in a semi-rural are in North Wales Came home on Monday after work to have my family members allege that the mess of feathers in the back yard was caused by a bird of prey. These feather belonged to one of the woodpigeons that the law and common sense dictate are safe from my culinary intentions . I left the crime scene in my back yard untouched for a day and lo and behold the criminal returned to the scene this morning. and It is suggested to be a sparrowhawk - can anyoneone confirm? Cheers Neels Flippin heck! Forget eating the pigeon - it looks like it put a bomb in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotttomo Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Wow great pics It sure made a mess of that pigeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Lucky fella, a privilige to see that sort of thing P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Sparrowhawk!Good pics though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liamlumsden Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 no highsea's gosses and sparrowhawks are shortwings m8 falcons are longwings buzzards are broad wings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbart Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 A sparrowhawk for sure-but they dont tend to pick on birds as big as pigeons usually-great photos. Not only is it a sparrowhawk but it's a female sparrowhawk. A male would be very unlikely to take a pigeon,on the other hand the female which is much bigger than the male regularly take pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark12345 Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 great Pics.... :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liamlumsden Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 female sparrow-hawk (SPARS) are the dogs thingy's wen it come to pigeons or there favored food dove's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neels Posted March 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Thanks for the comments everyone She's come back again tonight, trying to lift what little remains of the pigeon over the fence, but it is still too heavy. She only manages to lift it about 8 inches, but she stayed to feed some after after that. I am tempted to leave it in the back garden for a couple of days more to see how much she eventually eats Neels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Not only is it a sparrowhawk but it's a female sparrowhawk. A male would be very unlikely to take a pigeon,on the other hand the female which is much bigger than the male regularly take pigeons. Took the words out of my mouth. :blink: FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjlfishing Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 female sparrow hawks will take pigeons at will my old mans racers are proof of that it said that sparrowhawks eat 2500000 protected song bird per day and they are on the increase like all predators people will start seeing them more and more as they start to venture into gardens etc in search of food they might look nice but they need controlling if we want our song birds to remain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonshooter76 Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 they are one of the best pics i seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hambone Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Cracking pics m8, watched one like that eat a blackbird in the garden out of my kitchen window. Me, wife and kids all watched and not one of us thought about a camera untill it was spooked and flew off. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country_est Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 This happened in my garden as well about a month ago, missus was in by her self and that is exactly what she described, looked in the books and she identified the Sprara hyke directly. Great Pics, the one in our garden did off with the whole bird before the missus could get the camera sorted. This was in URBAN BASINGTOKE as well, If I hadn't seen the amount of feathers on the lawn I might have struggled to believe her. Trev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiercel Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 female sparrow hawks will take pigeons at will my old mans racers are proof of that it said that sparrowhawks eat 2500000 protected song bird per day and they are on the increase like all predators people will start seeing them more and more as they start to venture into gardens etc in search of food they might look nice but they need controlling if we want our song birds to remain That is the biggest load of manure I have seen spouted in a long time. Raptor populations will only expand if the food source is available to them. Once the food source dies out so do the raptors. Ergo high populations of raptors = high populations of food. Some people cannot see further than KILL IT. Bye the bye: It is only the female that is known as a spar the male is known as a musket. TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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