perigrin falcons
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How about this?
yeah it does, making loads of noise mating today. what is that one then?
Thats a male sparrowhawk....the female is often more grey (as above). Could be a pair of birds that you have seen.
Check these photos out - http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=no...1FYeYhQemtcX4BA&ved=0CB0QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=658
The photos of these Northern Goshawks showing streaked breast markings are immature birds and the barred breast marking are adult.
Have you considered that the birds that you are seeing might be escaped hawkers birds? Goshawks are usually very shy, elusive birds and not at all easy to see.
The photos of these Northern Goshawks showing streaked breast markings are immature birds and the barred breast marking are adult.
Have you considered that the birds that you are seeing might be escaped hawkers birds? Goshawks are usually very shy, elusive birds and not at all easy to see.
Am with red on this un !! 
My money is on them being a pair of sparrowhawks !!Try an get a good picture mate (without) disturbing them !! Watched a pair a few years ago raising young in an old crows nest an the noise of the youngins gave them away !!! plenty pigeon feathers around as well !!!!
My money is on them being a pair of sparrowhawks !!Try an get a good picture mate (without) disturbing them !! Watched a pair a few years ago raising young in an old crows nest an the noise of the youngins gave them away !!! plenty pigeon feathers around as well !!!!
Am with red on this un !!
yeah i think the female being lighter was the first one i saw will try to get a pic but it is like they are mocking me lol
the two birds are different colours, one greyish and one reddish! think i have sparrow hawks
think you may be right my friend!
robin wood
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
It's the other way round the smaller grey back red front is the male, the much bigger brown one is the female.
I'd also say Reds female image is very untypical the breast is normally very clear horizontal bars on pale background like this
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It's the other way round the smaller grey back red front is the male, the much bigger brown one is the female.
I'd also say Reds female image is very untypical the breast is normally very clear horizontal bars on pale background like this
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thanx for that, will be having a good look today, i love the way the pigeons and being massacred by these wonderful birds!
robin wood
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Pigeons are common prey species for female spars though at the top end of what they take, the smaller male will just occasionally take one. Tits, sparrows and blackbirds are the staples diet though. I have never heard of a sparrowhawk whether wild or trained taking a rabbit and doubt if one could carry one away so if you are absolutely sure about the rabbit mentioned in post 6 and 10 then it is far more likely to be goshawk.
They are very easy to tell apart look at the thickness of the legs and look for the different coloured male if it is sparrowhawk (red chest gray back) goss male and female are same colour.
Here is goss, thick neck like a heavyweight boxer, sparrowhawk is very slender compared.
They are very easy to tell apart look at the thickness of the legs and look for the different coloured male if it is sparrowhawk (red chest gray back) goss male and female are same colour.
Here is goss, thick neck like a heavyweight boxer, sparrowhawk is very slender compared.
We had some peregrin falcons nesting in a cliff near us in Cornwall and they were just gliding round, when they got u some speed though, they were the fastest birds I have ever seen!
There's a pair of peregrines nesting in an old quarry where we go walking regularly. There are some great view points around and about which let us get within 50yds and they're not bothered one bit. The only thing that gets them wound up is when the crows come back over to roost in the sycamores opposite.
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