Sparrowhawk

[Basil.B]

Was doing the washing up when I heard a loud shrill.
Looked out of my window to see a Sparrowhawk pulling feathers out of a poor Blackbird.
I watched it for a couple of minutes plucking the Blackbirds feathers before it flew off.
Had them in my garden before, beautiful birds.
Felt sorry for the poor Blackbird though.

 

[biggs682]

we often have them swoop through the rear garden , but have never seen a catch though

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

We get them in the garden from time to time too. They can be really cheeky sometimes - hiding in the bushes near the bird table for example.

This one seems quite at home:

 

[Doseone]

It's awesome watching a sparrowhawk fly, they are so aerobatic.

 

[Globalti]

We've had two pigeons slaughtered by one in the last month.

 

[02GF74]

Looked out of my window to see a Sparrowhawk pulling feathers out of a poor Blackbird.
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That is just speculation - without seeing the blackbird's bank balance, you are in no position to comment on it's financial status.

 

[jayonabike]

We was watching a Heron eyeing up a neighbours fishpond yesterday. He's often around here, my Son has named him Derren.

 

[BrumJim]

Saw one devour a sparrow in my garden a few years ago.

Whilst it is brutal, and my Mum hates it, for me there is some kind of beauty about the completeness of nature in wathing a sparrowhawk in action. Without them, there would be too many sparrows.

 

[Leedsbusdriver]

Sometimes the sparrowhawk doesn't win.

Sometimes they do.*WARNING* video contains blood.