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Kol · 30 Aug 2006 at 08:39

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Youstolemyname · 30 Aug 2006 at 08:39

looks like a kestrel. Or at least the bird from the old lager ads...

MasterMike · 30 Aug 2006 at 08:41

It's a kestrel.

Kol · 30 Aug 2006 at 08:44

Just had a reply from a huge bird spotter from my old place of work - it's a sparrowhawk?

MasterMike · 30 Aug 2006 at 08:45

Mikol said:
Just had a reply from a huge bird spotter from my old place of work - it's a sparrowhawk?

Not a big bird person, it does look more like a Sparrowhawk when I google it - I say kestrel because my dad once hit one in a van and it looked like that.

Kol · 30 Aug 2006 at 08:47

MasterMike said:
Not a big bird person, it does look more like a Sparrowhawk when I google it - I say kestrel because my dad once hit one in a van and it looked like that.

Yea, I immediately thought Kestrel, but following his email, it doe appear to be a sparrowhawk. A nice example of one too I think. Shame it's now in my tree and my batteries have ran out.

Efour · 30 Aug 2006 at 09:35

Thats a very big suprise to have one of those fly into the window lol.

Best i had was a little family of blue **** on my window sill.

I watched for aggges before they got spooked and flew off.

Chinook · 30 Aug 2006 at 10:01

100% a sparrowhawk, got one stuffed in the dining room after it flew into someone's car a while back

Efour · 30 Aug 2006 at 10:08

Chinook said:
100% a sparrowhawk, got one stuffed in the dining room after it flew into someone's car a while back

Can you be sure it wasn't the car that flew into the sparrowhawk?
All sounds very suspicious to me.

Dr.EM · 30 Aug 2006 at 11:03

We had one land in our apple tree a few month back. Bad pic through the window sry, looks like the same thing though.

Werewolf · 30 Aug 2006 at 11:15

lovely looking bird

We had a bird of prey land in our backgarden a while back to eat it's lunch - I had to dispose of a half eaten wood pigeon afterwards.

Bash · 30 Aug 2006 at 11:34

It's a lovely looking female sparrowhawk. Don't know why I've posted this as its been awsered loads but I was bored.

SidewinderINC · 30 Aug 2006 at 11:34

nicest bird we have in our garden is a robin that nests there

that bird looks awesome, wish we had cool stuff like that here.

Gilly · 30 Aug 2006 at 11:44

If its female surely its Ehlana not Sparrowhawk?

RaohNS · 30 Aug 2006 at 12:09

Its a Flamingo

They can actually live in our climate now apparently

>| Raoh |<

Gilly · 30 Aug 2006 at 12:11

Like at Flamingo Land where they've lived for years?

#Chri5# · 30 Aug 2006 at 12:15

Bash said:
It's a lovely looking female sparrowhawk. Don't know why I've posted this as its been awsered loads but I was bored.

Looks superb indeed. I'm hoping my Christmas present will be to spend a day at a falconary centre as I think birds of prey are amazing creatures :cool:

Kol · 30 Aug 2006 at 12:20

It's flown away now

I had a read up and it's no surprise I shot out of bed at the noise. They tail enables them to fly at a high rate of speed and it made one hell of a thud. Poor birdy. I was hoping it would stick around and live in their garden. No such luck. Unless of course he is sitting in a tree at the end of the garden going 'kek kek kek' to my cat.

FolkD · 30 Aug 2006 at 13:05

Not sure about the bird... defo get the decking treated with the appropriate protection for the winter though

Folk

iViper · 30 Aug 2006 at 13:11

I'd say sparrowhawk, you are much more likely to see one of them than a Kestrel