Sparrowhawk Too Busy Chasing Sparrow !

[bell 3,608]

Have loads of tree sparrows coming to my feeders, smart birds and not at all common in most areas these days

[brookie 1,193]

Sparrowhawks should be my enemy having an aviary but ive grown to respect them over time they,ve got some front and a risk taking attitude i admire that yet detest them at the same time.....bit like Millwall fans really

ive had the buggers kill em through the wire before now gnash and the buggers are like mexicans with the ambush

[gnasher16 30,873]

Ive had the odd one on the aviary roof Brookie my little birds were petrified of course but havent lost one yet or even injured.......i bought one of them big ugly owl decoys with the rotating heads a while back,was out there a few days later with the Sparrowhawk stood on the roof looking at the owl then looking at me as if to say " your gonna have to do better than that son " ......ive just been lucky i guess.

[paulus 26]

Have loads of tree sparrows coming to my feeders, smart birds and not at all common in most areas these days

we seem to have loads around here

[paulus 26]

and spars

[bell 3,608]

That's a hedge sparrow mate not a tree sparrow

[paulus 26]

That's a hedge sparrow mate not a tree sparrow

wrong picture, hang on

[bell 3,608]

It's ok mate, pretty good picture for you lol

[paulus 26]

[bunny tickler 876]

great pics paulus but im afraid im not a sparrowhawk lover ,they decimate the birds on my feeders ,one even pulled a canary through my aviary mesh !!!!!! how the hell it did it i dont know ,best BOP i ever saw was,when i was waiting for fox cubs to come out of a bigrock pile one evening ,i was lying in some heather under cover with the gun trained on the pile ,watching a wheatear bobbing about a few feet away from me ,when a merlin hit it , awesome to see its the only merlin i have ever seen that day & since , a great moment for me (not the wheatear lol )

[paulus 26]

great pics paulus but im afraid im not a sparrowhawk lover ,they decimate the birds on my feeders ,one even pulled a canary through my aviary mesh !!!!!! how the hell it did it i dont know ,best BOP i ever saw was,when i was waiting for fox cubs to come out of a bigrock pile one evening ,i was lying in some heather under cover with the gun trained on the pile ,watching a wheatear bobbing about a few feet away from me ,when a merlin hit it , awesome to see its the only merlin i have ever seen that day & since , a great moment for me (not the wheatear lol )

once witnessed a pair of merlins flown at skylarks, breathtaking thats all can say, missed a hobby last year that took a dragonfly just off the surface of the canal, something i will probably never witness again

[paulus 26]

another Dunock also a gos and spar

[Hareydave 1,214]

when you keep birds you couldn't like them sparrow hawks . a hen bird had me tortured it use come through the hand hole in back gate like a missile, that was until somebody set fish tank in front it

[peterhunter86 8,627]

Does that make you an anti dave sabbing a Hunter from hunting lol

[lanesra 4,007]

I Don't Understand Anyone Not Liking Sparrow-Hawks . . Remember When Putting Pheasants /Partridge Down Its You Creating The Unbalance Of The Food Chain No Ifs Or Buts . . No One Likes The Mink For Its Destruction & Shout Its Not a Native To Britain Well The Game Bird Is The Same Only It Makes Money & The Spa A Native Bird Is Condemned For Takin Advantage Of The Unbalance Created . . Also Feeders In Your Garden Gives The Sparrow-Hawk An Advantage A Situation We Create Then Moan When A Predator Takes Advantage !!