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06-09-2008, 06:30 PM
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| | | Re: garden visitors
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Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman  I'd love to see a Sparrowhawk take a cat. 
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06-09-2008, 06:34 PM
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| | | Re: garden visitors
European Eagle Owls (Bubo bubo) would be good for that .. and they're now successfully breeding in North Yorkshire & Lancashire ... 
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06-09-2008, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Kev-B European Eagle Owls (Bubo bubo) would be good for that .. and they're now successfully breeding in North Yorkshire & Lancashire ...
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06-09-2008, 06:56 PM
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I take it you have a lot of feeders and a big garden as £30 is a heck of a lot to spend on bird food 
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07-09-2008, 08:47 AM
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| | | Re: garden visitors
I'm pretty sure a Sparrowhawk wouldn't attack a human deliberately, but I do wonder if there haven't been any accidental collisions with people? They do fly irresponsibly low and fast.....
Once I was nearly hit by a Goshawk which was chasing another bird! BIG talons aimed at my head - I ducked just in time! |
07-09-2008, 09:36 AM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: N.E. Lincolnshire
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Following on from Rob's post ..
I almost had my head taken off by a low flying Nightjar last summer ... a pal & I were out in rural Lincs in a place they're known to frequent, it had just got dark & we were walking along a lane looking for them ... suddenly, a Nightjar came from nowhere at just above head-height (in my case 6 feet) ... I felt the downdraught from its wings ... 
I'm sure accidental collisions do occur .. in the same way that birds sometimes fly into Patio doors & French windows ..
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07-09-2008, 01:12 PM
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Yep, talking to tufftie on the phone when I was in Cornwall, a swallow flew inches from my face. I was standing by a gateway to a field it came from nowhere. | | | |
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