Forum menu
What bird of prey i...
 

[Closed] What bird of prey in my back garden? (crap photo content)

Posts: 41395
Free Member
Topic starter
 

What is it? It was having breakfast at the same time as me, plucking the pigeon while still alive (at first I thought it was 2 pigeons mating who liked it rough!). 2nd course had been disabled and was trying to crawl away also!

[url= https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5589/15186747355_14d04774fa_c.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5589/15186747355_14d04774fa_c.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/p913TD ]P1020600[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/7693620@N05/ ]alan cole[/url], on Flickr

click on it for full size and another pic also.


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 8:35 am
Posts: 30656
Free Member
 

ENHANCE!

[img] http://i.imgur.com/0XDl0eG.pn g" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/0XDl0eG.pn g"/> [/img]


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 8:37 am
Posts: 357
Free Member
 

That's a pigeon.

And a goshawk


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 8:38 am
Posts: 5
Free Member
 

Sparrow hawk.

Which part of the country? Goshawks are much less common and more of a woodland bird.


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 8:41 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Its a sparrowhawk, looks like its enjoying its breakfast ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 8:44 am
Posts: 6850
Full Member
 

Baby robin's getting bigger these days....


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 8:52 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

boxelder - Member
Baby robin's getting bigger these days....

POSTED 40 SECONDS AGO #

Oh a baby robin joke. My sides are splitting.


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 8:54 am
Posts: 13291
Free Member
 

Looks like a Killer Partridge and a pigeon


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 8:56 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

You have a tennis court in your garden?


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 8:57 am
Posts: 2745
Full Member
 

What is it? It was having breakfast at the same time as me, [s]plucking[/s] eating the pigeon while still alive

FTFY ๐Ÿ™‚

Looks Sparrowhawk to me. We've a local one that appears to be a very effective hunter, often seen doing similar to that one^^.


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 8:58 am
Posts: 13594
Free Member
 

You have a tennis court in your garden?

That's his Butler's garden....


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 9:07 am
Posts: 14287
Free Member
 

Grass needs a serious cut Al.


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 9:17 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

I was more impressed with the tennis court, nice. The bird not having a good time was/is a pigeon, the one enjoying the pigeon mcnuggets is a sparrow hawk. I used to have this scenario in my back garden at my old house regularly (minus the tennis court)


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 9:22 am
Posts: 5
Free Member
 

Yeah, but when you sleep on a park bench you don't really get to control the grass cutting.


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 9:23 am
 DezB
Posts: 54367
Free Member
 

I like the MX5 pic best


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 9:42 am
 IA
Posts: 563
Free Member
 

Jamie - Freeloader!
ENHANCE!

No GIF, is disappoint ๐Ÿ™


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 10:11 am
Posts: 5
Free Member
 

Without Jamie's enlargement exercise though it really could have been a baby robin ๐Ÿ˜ฏ


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 10:15 am
Posts: 745
Free Member
 

Its a female sparrowhawk IMHO

I thought it might have been a Goshawk as well at first but I don't think they play tennis. Female sparrowhawks are quite a bit bigger than the males and I think only females have the banding on the tail which is clearly visible.


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 10:23 am
Posts: 11381
Free Member
 

Ai, sparrow hawk

I've been sat in Al's house overlooking the tennis courts he has, drinking beer served by his butler, whilst young women in short skirts worked up a sweat playing with balls on court


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 10:30 am
Posts: 9
Free Member
 

I hope they were his...


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 10:52 am
Posts: 6850
Full Member
 

Didn't realise baby robin mentions had a shelf life - such quality humour never grows thin does it? A bit like annoying orange - endlessly amusing. Thanks though.


 
Posted : 09/09/2014 12:45 pm