Pretty bloody unexpected!

[Dougie]

We were sitting here earlier tonight watching the tellybox when there was a thump at the window.Fran saw it all,she said a pigeon got bounced by something.I looked up and standing on the fence at the end of the garden was a very pissed off looking hawk,without his supper!The sparrows that frequent the bird feeders we've got set up have been conspicuous by their absence.Don't know what species of hawk it was,I couldn't identify it.Not what you expect on a Sat'day night! :eek: :eek:

[Taz_666]

Bet it got a headache now lmao

[Grav]

Could you try to get a good pic of the hawk please Dougie?
We may be able to identify it for you.

[Trumpykeks]

The sparrows that frequent the bird feeders we've got set up have been conspicuous by their absence.Don't know what species of hawk it was,

a sparrowhawk perhaps?
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Dougie]

Could you try to get a good pic of the hawk please Dougie?
We may be able to identify it for you.
Sorry m8,it buggered off!Very rarely see them round here,and it's only the second time in the 15 years I've lived here I've seen one in our garden.

[Dougie]

a sparrowhawk perhaps?
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
A hungry hawk methinks! :D

[witchypoo]

Not what you expect on a Sat'day night! :eek: :eek:


maybe it didnt relize it was saturday :rolleyes:

[Mitch]

I've always loved Birds of Prey. A few years ago (when I was wider in the waist and shorter of hair) at the Crawley PagenFed conference me and Mrs R were involved in (that's where we both knew we had a thing for each other - before we got together) I managed to have a go flying a hawk!

Me and Mrs R went on to sponsor a Raven for a year at the place the hawk came from - a beautiful huge great raven, we paid for his food and bills for a year. He was a right evil bastard - swore like owt! Apart from when we were around that is!!

[Jonnyfp]

maybe it didnt relize it was saturday :rolleyes:



Hiya witchy hows you been? :)

[Zeek]

Sorry m8,it buggered off!Very rarely see them round here,and it's only the second time in the 15 years I've lived here I've seen one in our garden.
I'm sure Grav wouldnt mind if you got the camera out, sat & waited for the next one.... :D

[Dougie]

I'm sure Grav wouldnt mind if you got the camera out, sat & waited for the next one.... :D
Two sightings in 15 years?I think NOT! :eek:

[Bosun]

[QUOTE=Dougie].Don't know what species of hawk it was,[QUOTE]


one who cant hold his meals?

[Friar Tuck]

I've always loved Birds of Prey. A few years ago (when I was wider in the waist and shorter of hair) at the Crawley PagenFed conference me and Mrs R were involved in (that's where we both knew we had a thing for each other - before we got together) I managed to have a go flying a hawk!

Me and Mrs R went on to sponsor a Raven for a year at the place the hawk came from - a beautiful huge great raven, we paid for his food and bills for a year. He was a right evil bastard - swore like owt! Apart from when we were around that is!!
Blimey! You lardy old git!

[Yoda]

maybe it was a

'Highway Hawk'

Ba Da Boom

Yoda

[banshee]

I got pics of one that took down a pigeon in my back garden, sat there and ate its lunch!!!!!

[Dougie]

Reckon this was an inexperienced youngster.

[noizy git]

We get a Gosshawk coming into our workshop to feast on the pigeons that nest up in the roof. The RSPB got quite interested cos it seems that Gosshawks are quite rare in London and apparently they don't usually hunt inside buildings either!

[Mrs Reject]

Blimey! You lardy old git!

He's lost loads of weight since then.......running away from me:)

[BikerGran]

I'm totally fascinated by hawks, as a present I got a "Flying Day" at a local Owl sanctuary, where they have all kinds of birds of prey, I flew some of the smaller ones. I'd love to have a falcon of my own but they need a lot of time and I'm too interested in too many things!

[Mitch]

Blimey! You lardy old git!
indeed, that's what being the press officer for CAMRA in Kent (and researcher :D for the Good Beer Guide) does for ya! It wasn't just the drinking though, it was the going to weatherspoons, eating a mixed grill, then downing loads of beer on a regular basis. I'd got up to just short of 16 stone :bluergh!:managed to lose a stone and a half within six months of being with Mrs R enjoying a nice vigorous exercise regime!!!! ;)

[dracken1]

here we have a red kite sancturary. they out number buzzurds around here.
it's quite a sight at feeding time to see 50 red kites, which are large birds. circirling the feeders