Sparrowhawk Kill ?

Post Reply
Chris Rae
Peregrine
Posts: 1818
Joined: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:35 pm

Sparrowhawk Kill ?

Post by Chris Rae »

Dead BH Gull in the garden this morning; presumably the victim of a SH but only mantle feathers removed - see Gallery. Also both bullfinch and brambling (possibly two) returned today.
User avatar
Hewitt03
Goldeneye
Posts: 498
Joined: Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:09 pm
Location: Clayton Le Woods
Contact:

this reminds me

Post by Hewitt03 »

this reminds me of a recent photography article in BirdWatch magazine. there were photos of a buzzard taking down a common gull and trying to kill it. the buzzard eventually gave up and the common gull survived, but it had all of its neck feathers plucked and its neck was a bloody mess
nora west
Little Egret
Posts: 3441
Joined: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:57 pm
Location: Coppull

we wittnessed this.

Post by nora west »

A few years ago in Throstle Nest Wood. Coppull. Tommy and myself disturbed a Sparrowhawk plucking a woodpigeons neck feathers out. When it saw us it let go of the woodpigeon and the woodpigeon flew away minus its neck feathers. How long it would survive like that I dont know.
Post Reply

Return to “2007 Recent Sightings Submissions”