whats the birdy

[Trustmeimadoctor]

can anyone id this bird i know its not a sparrow or a crow

[Mabbs9]

Looks like a Peregrine

[Bujinkhal]

95% sure that's a Goshawk, though it could easily be a female sparrowhawk.

Edited by Bujinkhal on Tuesday 5th April 14:53

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Bujinkhal said:

95% sure that's a Goshawk, though it could easily be a female sparrowhawk.

Edited by Bujinkhal on Tuesday 5th April 14:53

it wasnt very big maybe a foot tall maybe

[silvagod]

I'm 99% sure it's a Northern Goshawk. Mottled breast and the white lines above the eyes are the give aways.

[Bujinkhal]

If it is a Goshawk you're pretty lucky, they are really quite rare.

Female sparrowhawks have the same eyebrows, though they aren't usually so pronounced as in the picture.

[tonyvid]

Where was it? Goshawks are rare beasts and normally in forested areas but it might be a spring migrant(possibly!) Where is Central when you need him?

[Trustmeimadoctor]

actually by this map we are just one one of teh small resident sections

[shtu]

It doesn't seem to have the vivid-orange eyes of a sparrowhawk, I'd go for Goshawk too.

[Boosted LS1]

Imo it's a sparrowhawk. Has nice yellow eyes :-)

Looking at images elsewhere Goshawk has horizontal barring across the upper and lower chest. On a sparrowhawk the upper bars face downwards.

Edited by Boosted LS1 on Wednesday 6th April 09:37

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Maybe it's mum slept with a goshawk

[anon6]

Is it a big one of these?

[Trustmeimadoctor]

No it's chest things were pretty much stripes

[Equus]

anon6 said:

Is it a big one of these?

No. That's a Kestrel.

[4Q]

I had something very similar take a pigeon in my garden a few weeks ago. I thought it was a sparrowhawk. Not a great picture as I took it through the kitchen window as she was choking the pigeon to death




Edited to correct gender of bird

Edited by 4Q on Thursday 7th April 08:47

[Boosted LS1]

^ Looks like a female sparrowhawk :-)