Had a Sparrowhawk hunting off the office window ledge this morning. Been around for a few days as well, I think they might be nesting up on top somewhere.
Had a Sparrowhawk hunting off the office window ledge this morning. Been around for a few days as well, I think they might be nesting up on top somewhere.
We’ve got Jackdaws nesting in our soffit. At least they aren’t nesting in the trees as we are about to chop them down.
Raptors used to be hunted mercilessly and were rare. Now they are protected and common. How many songbirds does it take to raise a brood of raptors? Does hunting by raptors have an effect on the UK songbird population? Questions questions.
BiJ
Less than cats, magpies and crows.
We get herons. Big buggers, herons.
Still, Hertfordshire has got a rhea. Huge buggers, rheas.
Being on a cliff overlooking the Coral Sea, we have nesting Brahminy Kites with their particularly plaintive and distinctive cry and majestic Sea Eagles which fly past at eye level.
If you could train the raptors to remove the urban flying rats (aka pigeons) rather than the thrushes, wrens, larks and finches etc then I would be equally excited.
@ diogenes
They don’t need training. A sparrowhawk left the feathers of a pigeon in our garden once. The trouble is that hawks are not normally urban birds which is why urban flying rats are able to proliferate.
@BiJ
It’s just like badgers and hedgehogs.
We currently have hogs, but not badgers.
all dangerously racist this talk . Pigeons are vibrant and the other thing.
Have you seen the peregrines at Norwich Cathedral? Can’t do links so just Google it and see the live feed.
I have a wild duck sitting on eggs just 4 yards from my computer desk!