sapper756 Posted August 9, 2010 Report Posted August 9, 2010 (edited) Sparrowhawkhttp://www.naturephoto-cz.eu/photos/birds/thumb-sparrowhawk-2575.jpgHen Harrierhttp://www.naturephoto-cz.eu/photos/birds/thumb-hen-harrier-450.jpgKestrelhttp://www.naturephoto-cz.eu/photos/birds/thumb-kestrel-1809.jpgBlack Kitehttp://www.naturephoto-cz.eu/photos/birds/thumb-black-kite-41249.jpgBlack KiteLanner Falkonhttp://www.naturephoto-cz.eu/photos/birds/thumb-lanner-falkon-422.jpgCrested Goshawkhttp://www.naturephoto-cz.eu/photos/sevcik/thumb-crested-goshawk--accipiter-trivirgatus.jpgGreater Kestrelhttp://www.naturephoto-cz.eu/photos/sevcik/thumb-greater-kestrel--falco_rupicoloides.jpgPeregrinehttp://www.naturephoto-cz.eu/photos/sevcik/thumb-peregrine--sokol1.jpgRed Kite http://www.naturephoto-cz.eu/photos/sevcik/thumb-red-kite---lunak_dsd4478.jpgRed Kite Peregrine Greater Kestre Crested Goshawk Lanner Falkon Kestrel Hen Harrier Sparrowhawk CLICK ON THESE OR THE PICTURE FOR MORE INFO WHAT CHANCE DO OUR BIRDS HAVEhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif Edited August 9, 2010 by sapper756
Guest mick bowler Posted August 9, 2010 Report Posted August 9, 2010 [/color] WHAT CHANCE DO OUR BIRDS HAVE Only a few of them are a danger to our birds. What chance? Well PM me your mobile number and i'll send you a few pics of BOP!
sapper756 Posted August 9, 2010 Author Report Posted August 9, 2010 Only a few of them are a danger to our birds. What chance? Well PM me your mobile number and i'll send you a few pics of BOP! So which ones do you reckon are a danger?
billt Posted August 9, 2010 Report Posted August 9, 2010 So which ones do you reckon are a danger?Hen S/hawk, male and female Goshawk and both percys of course
Guest mick bowler Posted August 9, 2010 Report Posted August 9, 2010 Hen S/hawk, male and female Goshawk and both percys of course A few of the others may be able to take a pigeon too, but only if the pigeon is injure or unwell, including the kestrel and the hen harrier. Not that it is native to this country, but did you know the lanner will take pigeons and a lot more successfully than a peregrine!! Lets hope the RSPB get no ideas!!
billt Posted August 9, 2010 Report Posted August 9, 2010 A few of the others may be able to take a pigeon too, but only if the pigeon is injure or unwell, including the kestrel and the hen harrier. Not that it is native to this country, but did you know the lanner will take pigeons and a lot more successfully than a peregrine!! Lets hope the RSPB get no ideas!!Yeh the Lanner a popular falconers bird, lets hope it never breeds in the wild here, when I was a kid the Goshawk hadn't arrived and now it's on the British bird list
Rooster J. Cogburn Posted August 9, 2010 Report Posted August 9, 2010 Obviously sparrowhawks,peregrines and goshawks are the main killers of racing pigeons but loads of the others are pretty much equally as dangerous to the pigeon fancy.If their populations were to increase then they would eat more songbirds and others such stuff the big 3 could eat leaving them with no real choice but to eat folks doos.I can see it at my bit just now,there is not a lot of BOPs near me atm but there has been a few sightings of the sparrowhen in recent weeks.She's not touching the pigeons,can keep herself happy just now with easy pickings such as baby blackbirds etc. but once they're down a bit the doos will start getting hit again.See that guy writing in the BHW about the red kites being introduced into Cumbria."Its fine cause they don't eat pigeons"this may be true but they will force the sparrowhawks to eat even MORE of them.
Guest mick bowler Posted August 9, 2010 Report Posted August 9, 2010 I can see it at my bit just now,there is not a lot of BOPs near me atm but there has been a few sightings of the sparrowhen in recent weeks.She's not touching the pigeons,can keep herself happy just now with easy pickings such as baby blackbirds etc. but once they're down a bit the doos will start getting hit again. The reason why the sparrowhawks wont prey on pigeons as much thru the summer is that they prey on birds that they can take back to the nest for the young to feed on, not even a female can carry a pigeon a long way. As they fledge, pigeon comes back on the menu.
geordie1234 Posted August 9, 2010 Report Posted August 9, 2010 Its a total minefield for doos out there int it Does anyone genuinely believe the bops will get sorted to help the fanciers out or do you think its just going to get worse
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