Sparrow Hawk

[greenbar]

we had 2 hits the day,1st pecy went through them and missed,but in the panic one crashed into a metal fence,had to dispose of it,30mins s/hawk was chasing one about the back gardens ,it got away I,ll,tell u one thing ,not good for your nerves,

[dal2]

Had two visits from percy this week but no casualties.......club member is 4nil up on the sparras so that's positive

[ALF]

This is a cracker....with the strong winds the last couple of days the front of 1 of our sputniks blew open (it has been sorted so it cannae happen again)

Anyway obviously some of the doos got oot and guess what the hen sparra nabbed 1 in the car park of the pub you couldnae make it up we have had a couple of droppers out on top of the loft for the last week and it's no touched them although I think they are getting too wise to it anyway the struggle continues

[greenbar]

birds out and in ok at( sauchie falconery) today,no hits, probs had a kill before ours got out.

[bullcock]

Hit again :-(

[Delboy]

If someone punches ye in the gub , surely the first thing ye do is punch them back. Take action and fight for your birds.

[blue pied]

If someone punches ye in the gub , surely the first thing ye do is punch them back. Take action and fight for your birds.

no if ye striike the first punch lol

[Delboy]

no if ye striike the first punch lol

[blue pied]

let 14 ybs out today first time , all going well. bouncing from roof to roof. then boom sparrowhawk attacks them, doesnt get any, 6 hit the moon. was going into the old bird loft and hear a struggling noise and the sparrahawk on a wee yb in the corner of my garden. wont get another!!! still 4 awol. makes ye feel like chucking it man

[steff30]

Had YBS out this afternoon and was hit by the hen sparrow haw again!!!!, thankfully the YB managed to get away. Its becoming a game of cat & mouse

[Delboy]

They are a back garden bird nowadays. I try never let my ybs out before 2nd week in April,

[JohnQuinn]

just lost my good pied hen, 78th clermont 2014/ 15th open ancenis 2015.

 

Just seen this thread, gutted for ye Davy, they wans don't grow on trees.

 

Was losing one a week this time last year but other than wan hit about November time ave been lucky this year. Long may it last tae !!!

[REDROCKET]

We got hit today by the sparrow hawk 2 yr old hen on young gone hawk chased it for its life pigeon had no chance Hawks visited the loft half a dozen time recently.

[Billyalves]

Hi guys lost 3yearlings 3 weeks ago 2weeks ago lost my 4th yb open me and the sparrow hen have fell out since then

[peter pandy]

One of my birds ate a slug pellet and was dead the following morning. It is a pity we cannot feed them to the Bassas. ??????? Think on.!!!!!!

[border terrier lofts]

Let ,hens out today at1500 hrs flying for about 20 minutes all of a sudden hen sparrow hawk right through them luckily it dldn't hit any , birds all over the place still 2 missing , is it worth the bother?

[Harry0]

Why are they so many about .

[Guest johnhunter]

Why are they so many about .

not many gamekeepers about ,plus not many pigeon men doing there bit

[Harry0]

not many gamekeepers about ,plus not many pigeon men doing there bit

Only as many as allowed .

[peter pandy]

Well I was not replaced on 4 estates so that is 30+ a year

[Mossgiel]

Had a yearling hen killed at the loft today.

[Delboy]

Had a yearling hen killed at the loft today.

 

Never seen as many Sparrow hawks and peregrines Brian, everyone is getting hit. Just heard the Padfields lost a national winner to the s h.

[Mossgiel]

Never seen as many Sparrow hawks and peregrines Brian, everyone is getting hit. Just heard the Padfields lost a national winner to the s h.

 

Derek it's unreal. The cock of the local pair of peregrines had 4 attempts at mine on Monday. I was lucky then, but not so today . Might get a return visit for "seconds" tomorrow ??

[blue pied]

let 14 ybs out today first time , all going well. bouncing from roof to roof. then boom sparrowhawk attacks them, doesnt get any, 6 hit the moon. was going into the old bird loft and hear a struggling noise and the sparrahawk on a wee yb in the corner of my garden. wont get another!!! still 4 awol. makes ye feel like chucking it man

got 13 back that night, 1 tthe next morning, so let them out yesterday and again today so hopefully get some peace now

[walterboswell59]

not many gamekeepers about ,plus not many pigeon men doing there bit

both true john also the rspb has been breeding them for years in a wooded area between hamilton and larkhall in where jimmy hamilton had his farm was told this by the man who owned the land major something or other he told me he had given them permission to do this when i was looking for a bit of ground to put a loft on a while back they also breed buzzards there