Secondary flights / BOP

[Albert]

Do sparrow hawks pull secondary flights in the way peregrine do when they attempt a kill
Any I have killed by a sparrowhawk in the past I have not seen the secondary missing
I went training and a hen returned with missing secondary’s
I also noticed they hadn’t scoffed half the grub I left for them and this is normally cleared instantly

I had a job so I couldn’t get straight back but arrived about 90 mins after to find a big female sparrow hawk perched next to my stock aviary
So i thought did she make a grab for one as they landed but just don’t recall seeing one without flights from an attack in the garden before

When you say they had'nt eaten half thier grub, the s/hawk was probably having a look in, and at this time of year, it will go in to the loft and kill, and if it is a sputnik like trap, the s/hawk can easily get back out.

It’s a small box aviary trap Albert enough to bath them
Bobs on the board length of a pad so I guess 12 inch or so
But yes it could well have looked through the bobs

The bobs may hold it back, but at this time of year the s/hawk is desperate, and behaves a bit different from the rest of the year. Just be on your guard, when you come back to the loft, just encase it braves the bob wires and is in, you wouldn't want to miss an oppertunity.

[NeilA]

Thank you Albert
It’s not easy doing it alone and all the worry of traps being open while driving to training and back

[Albert]

Wouldn't want you to miss the chance to handle, one of these magnificeint birds, and see how little body they carry.

[NeilA]

Wouldn't want you to miss the chance to handle, one of these magnificeint birds, and see how little body they carry.

[MIke Lycett]

This is visiting a friend's loft at the moment

[NeilA]

If that’s stood in his garden he could sort that pretty easy as it’s getting fixed on his loft possibly

[MIke Lycett]

Yes, in his garden (built up area)

[Anthony webster]

I wouldn't be taking a picture I be looking through a scope at it poxy thing

[king]

Was talking to Alan Parker who lives up in Lancashire yesterday, he's getting hammered by a Goshawk

[NeilA]

Was talking to Alan Parker who lives up in Lancashire yesterday, he's getting hammered by a Goshawk

Poor man there bloody nasty