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Sparrowhawk on the rampage

dar_cool · 2018-05-07 23:27:59

Living in the countryside in Westmeath and a sparrowhawk is taking out starlings / blackbirds on a daily basis. He catches them off the electricity wires and then takes them into a small wooded area in our garden to finish then off. Amazing to see

08-05-2018 12:27AM

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dar_cool

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Living in the countryside in Westmeath and a sparrowhawk is taking out starlings / blackbirds on a daily basis. He catches them off the electricity wires and then takes them into a small wooded area in our garden to finish then off. Amazing to see

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#2 08-05-2018 08:06AM

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It probably had hungry chick(s) to feed.

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#3 08-05-2018 08:54AM

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Half-cocked wrote: »

It probably had hungry chick(s) to feed.

Spars don't hatch 'till the end of may, he would be feeding the female while she is putting on condition to lay her clutch. An average of 4 eggs, laid at 2 day intervals. Their chicks are timed to hatch when there is an abundance of fledgling prey species about.....

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