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Bird ID in DUB 4

Nabber · 2017-09-03 11:22:21

Hi All Looking for some help IDing a bird I snapped this morning. Some details Taken at 10:00 today Location: Dublin 4 Height of perch 2.2mtrs Sorry about quality of photo. It's taken on iPhone 6 zoomed in and through double glazed window https://ibb.co/f2zEoa

03-09-2017 11:22am

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Hi All

Looking for some help IDing a bird I snapped this morning.

Some details
Taken at 10:00 today
Location: Dublin 4
Height of perch 2.2mtrs

Sorry about quality of photo. It's taken on iPhone 6 zoomed in and through double glazed window
https://ibb.co/f2zEoa

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#2 03-09-2017 11:27am

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probably a sparrow hawk.

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#3 03-09-2017 12:45pm

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It's a Sparrowhawk alright!

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#4 03-09-2017 12:59pm

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Thanks folks.

Are they common in Dublin 4?

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#5 03-09-2017 1:01pm

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Nabber wrote: »

Thanks folks.

Are they common in Dublin 4?

Yes, common enough in many urban and suburban gardens. Where there are smaller birds there will be sparrowhawks.

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#6 03-09-2017 6:34pm

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If you feed the little birds the sparrow hawk will regard the area as his/her private takeaway. You can watch them swoop but often the birds are not fast enough to escape. Have seen them chase blue tits and chaffinch into nearby hedge and come out with their prey. They have had a devastating effect on wood pigeons here.

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#7 03-09-2017 8:14pm

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Also in Dublin 4, this is my local one

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