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What is this bird of prey in my garden?
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And more importantly why is he sat in the rain?
And what does he want from me?
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How exciting! Beautiful bird
Had one a year ago and I wished I took a photograph.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdidentifier/form.aspx
Looks like thisDo Something Amazing- Give Blood0 -
We have one visiting our garden much to the demise of the smaller birds! I think it is a SparrowhawkLife is like a bath, the longer you are in it the more wrinkly you become.0
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Sparrowhawk - http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/sparrowhawk/index.aspx
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Sparrowhawk&hl=en&rlz=1T4GGHP_en-GBGB434GB434&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=GH1hUNS0Loew0QX6lICoAw&ved=0CCwQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=892Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.0 -
Do you think it is a wild bird or owned by someone?
There was two of them and one seemed fairly curious and friendly- getting quite close to my back door where I was standing.0 -
Beautiful, lucky you.
It's a sparrowhawk.
He's probably waiting for his lunch!!
They have probably not long fledged and food is getting more scarce as it is getting colder. Birds from this summer will not be as wary as their parents, they just look for food where they can find it. Do you get a lot of pigeons?0 -
Do you think it is a wild bird or owned by someone?
There was two of them and one seemed fairly curious and friendly- getting quite close to my back door where I was standing.
I doubt it I guess he/she has stopped for a rest and finds your garden suits it for now.Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.0 -
That's a sparrowhawk. He'll be sitting round saving energy because there's less prey out in the rain.Yes it's overwhelming, but what else can we do?
Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?0 -
no, only a few small birds but haven't seen them in ages!
They were initially on the ground looking at the grass and there was a few crows flying around but do they eat crows?
It is a mystery, next door used to have a rabbit but they've moved now.0 -
Here is a video of one of them (initially two but they flew off in different directions and then one came back to my garden
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXT0snWUOSc&feature=youtu.be0
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