Sparrowhawk attacks a Magpie in Sussex

Sparrowhawk takes out a magpie in my garden in Sussex,
If your squeemish, a doo gooder or don't approve of this video, please just remember, IT'S NATURES BALANCING ACT - FOR ONE ANIMAL TO SURVIVE, ANOTHER MUST DIE.

[@TheVanzak]

Magpie controls the population of small birds, while sparrowhawk controls the population of magpie. Foodchain

[@JODIMAR45]

My message to that magpie would be 'What goes around comes around' !!

[@yourdaddy6030]

Its message to you would be STFU.

[@yourdaddy6030]

Amazing job on this video. Usually people make the mistake of getting too close trying to get the best shots and the raptor ends up flying away. Seems like you were a good distance and got some amazing footage. Cheers!!

[@SONORSQ2guy]

The Magpie's voice got weaker as the Sparrowhawk's claws dug deeper. Great video footage thanks for sharing it.

[@elphabama]

Fantastic film work and thank you for putting it on this site

[@eddiehowland6176]

Thanks. makes a change from the usual hate comments and death threats. Lol

[@reshadmirzakhel191]

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[@alisalauzon9291]

Ya, great filming!!

[@sarahtates]

It's the circle of life. The Sparrowhawk may have chicks to feed. It's sad but the only positive thing to take away is most things don't kill for fun. They kill to survive.

[@eddiehowland]

Sarah Tates someone finally talking sense

[@si4632]

yeah but its rather annoying when people state the bloody obvious isnt it lol

[@TimMik135]

Sarah Tates damn straight! You don't see sparrowhawks setting up magpie factory farms!!

[@arch.remleelavuap9290]

So its ok to kill people in order to survive! Bad Sarah!

[@s2mgd329]

Well, cats do kill for fun.

[@joezappa3402]

Beautiful photography, editing, and close ups. This is something that most of us rarely get to see in nature. Thank you for sharing and posting.

[@antigravity000]

Amazing how much energy and patience is involved in hunting like this. Great video. You can just see the horror in the magpie's eyes, and the rapid breathing of trying to escape stands out so much!

[@davidellis5964]

good bloody job the amount of eggs and fledglings the Magpie takes and kills its payback time.

[@xxxpetz5xxxxxxpetz5xxx15]

+David Ellis you are so hard!

[@AlphaDwg]

sparrowhawk take its fair shair too. it's just the circle of life. Something will come along and eat the sparrowhawk too or take it's babies

[@danivarius]

David Ellis I totally agree!

[@yourdaddy6030]

The magpie is just trying to survive like any other bird or animal for that matter. They are efficient and ruthless. But they don't do it for kicks. They do it to feed themselves and their chicks. I feel so dapper I'm rhyming like a rapper. Holy shit that was lame.

[@carlosbarreto4695]

Of course that, by empathy, I feel sorry for the preyed bird. It sucks to be a prey. But as the british ethologist Richard Dawkins said before: Nature is not cruel, only pitilessly indifferent.

[@si4632]

dont listen to that moron dawkins

[@countercuIture]

@@lIllIlllIlIllIlllIlIllIlllIl I don't think we were ever prey

[@yourdaddy6030]

Just watch a couple videos of magpies preying on smaller birds and animals after this. You won't feel nearly as bad. Nature has a way of evening stuff out.

[@yourdaddy6030]

@@si4632 or that dipshit "yes"

[@Gman6755]

Eddie, outstanding video!! That was nature at it's finest! That magpie put up a hell of a fight for sure!! I assume the hawk won out in the end and got it's meal. You must have been on top of those birds to get those great close-ups! Well done!

[@cloudycider]

This is the most amazing thing I've seen yet on KZbin! This is nature at it's cruellist I know, but wow it is still fantastic to see this hawk in action. What a natural killer. Have you part two. We live in the heart of the forest and often hear this cry. Now I know what it is. Thank you for showing this.

[@453421abcdefg12345]

If this Sparrowhawk make a regular habit of killing Magpies it can only be good for the local songbird population, they are the very worst killers of small birds and also egg takers, the Magpies need taking out by whatever means possible.

[@hassanyousifabdul]

+Englishman French They are very noisy too, and I've seen some Magpies eating small chicks alive!.

[@si4632]

shes a beauty

[@andychauhan6544]

godsadog haha!...good one, btw they're the noisiest too...these frenchified english.

[@Ronin.Samurai]

Englishman French oh boo boo. That’s nature deal with it

[@alisalauzon9291]

Steal eggs too did not know that.

[@Biggles-gm6tm]

It is indeed a balancing act, though did find myself wishing that the Sparrowhawk would get on with it and stop looking around! One wonders how many times the Magpie had done that to other birds, but then its as natural to both of them as us eating a bowl of cornflakes.

[@peabase]

I have to second that. Magpies see a bowl of cornflakes in a songbird's nest. I've seen huge bands of magpies obliterate songbirds from an area for years. It makes it extra hard to spare them during nesting season, when the law forbids culling.

[@Biggles-gm6tm]

peabase I know, keep emotion out of it though. Worst thing you can do is become anthropomorphic about it. They don't think like humans and they're not being cruel, they're all just being birds..

[@peabase]

Biggles Wingman It's human agriculture that sustains unnaturally large magpie populations. I feel that as the instigators, we owe it to nature to keep some songbird nesting areas corvid-free. The magpies will still take their toll, but at least the songbirds stand a chance.

[@Biggles-gm6tm]

peabase Yes good argument,but its not just magpie populations, pretty well everything is out of kilter as a result of our input. Where do you draw the line.? I agree that corvid populations are unnaturally high and songbirds suffer, but this is a symptom not a cause. We need to change the way we do things. Your answer may be a good short term fix but its not the ultimate answer. Song bird population is in free fall which is really worrying but shooting magpies is a sticky plaster really. Umm, more raptors? They're not too picky either. If you have a solutions you'll make millions.

[@peabase]

Biggles Wingman Big raptors are the answer, actually, and they are making a slow but sure comeback. I was surprised to hear my neighbour claim that the crow and seagull carcasses we've been finding aren't the work of a mink, but that of a white-tailed eagle. I'm sceptical, but despite our all efforts, we haven't managed to trap any mink. I wish it to be true, because it would also keep another invasive species in check: catus domestica.

[@megashorts]

Great footage! We see Sparrowhawks in our area quite a few times each year, those that come to our gardens are often too late to catch a kill but we do see some flying towards woodland with little birds in their claws.

[@thehonorablejiveturkey6068]

Cooper's hawk, Sparrow hawk, Red Tail hawk and Im sure their others. I learned a lot watching these videos

[@RikasChannel]

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[@jonnyweston]

Magpies are the biggest killer of localised small birdlife in most areas, with their overbearing overdominent nature sweeping through, stealing nests, killing eggs and generally destroying all in their paths. When I moved into my house nearly 14 years ago now, I used to have a lot of finches, bluetits, robins, sparrows, thrushes etc around my house..... now we only have magpies. Progressively the magpie has killed through nearly all of the species here. Its about time the sparrowhawks diverted their attention to the Magpies.

[@theenglishman9596]

#jonny get yourself a powerful air rifle, I destroyed 8 in 5 minutes in my oak tree in the front garden.

[@eddiehowland]

I think adding any kind of music would detract fom the raw brutality of nature.

[@yourdaddy6030]

Great job bro. No music necessary.

[@1ukjunglednbraver]

@eddiehowland so what was the end result for the magpie did the sparrow hawk finish it off and eat it of did he give up tring to kill it

[@GrimsbyRanger]

Amazing footage, thanks for posting. Friday afternoon I witnessed a Sparrowhawk take a Dove from my lawn, felt quite honoured seeing such a beautiful bird visit my garden in its quest for food. Didn't realise one would take a Magpie, thanks again.

[@mark747captain]

Good stuff. I love birds but, detest Magpies with a passion. I was prompted to Google this as I have just had a Sparrowhawk in my garden for the first time with its quarry in its talons but being bullied by 2 of those shit things, it eventually left having dropped what it had caught. I can't believe how close you got to that beautiful animal.

[@glynn36]

Mark Harper well said. I hate magpies as well. They are nothing bit scavenging, theiving bastards.

[@s2mgd329]

@@glynn36 and you are nothing more than a dumbass.

[@mikefoley3785]

That magpie is very young. An adult would have been much more difficult to hold down in this manner.

[@veng3r663]

Yes adult Magpies have a MUCH stronger grip with their claws than you would first expect...

[@charleswidjaja8313]

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[@charleswidjaja8313]

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[@Orjonast]

Good thing you didn`t interfere! A magpie is pretty much the biggest prey a sparrowhawk can handle, so it`s really a touch & go if it can actually make the kill. And usually younger, desperate (female) hawks will go for it by the time they start to fend for themselves. Chasing it away would mean almost certain death for the hawk, as it spends a huge amount of energy on a chase like this.

[@tomtalker2000]

This is some INCREDIBLE footage. Kudos, to whomever was capturing this on film. I've been in the avian field, for nearly 25yrs now, and it still never ceases to amaze me, the sheer beak power the "Corvid" family of birds possess. Indeed as one other poster commented about, this was in fact large prey, for this particular hawk to catch, but not impossible either.

[@species2521]

Thank you for your video. I don't think it's bad you filmed it. What's frustrating about what's happening there is they've recently found the magpie to be self-aware, as intelligent as a chimpanzee or dolphin, and with an equally proportioned brain to a human and a highly developed forebrain in particular. They use tools, plan, socialize, even have some evidence of language. They're considered among the most intelligent 5-10 animals, and likely the most intelligent bird by a wide margin. I learned this after discussing with my wife, PhD student in psychology studying animal consciousness. So it's sad to see a larger, stronger bird making something suffer that probably has an internal cognitive experience of life that's a lot like us humans. But this does happen in nature, all the time. I'd still hoped the magpie might have a way of escaping, but the hawk seems to have an inescapable iron grip on the poor bird. Intelligence wouldn't do it much good there. Just curious, but did the magpie make it or was it eaten in the end? All the best my friend. And again, thanks for your bravely posting this. It is valuable and should stay up, even if it's gory.

[@goshawk1974]

Dude you're too smart to be a KZbinr. Shouldn't you be spitting the Atom somewhere?

[@CoNvdMerwe]

Nope the Magpie wont survive this.

[@y0bama]

Cool Biology Internal cognitive experience? Just because we can't measure a particular type of cognition doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Don't you think that less complex organisms also have a deep desire to live and to avoid pain? Equally just because it might be self aware, or recognises itself in a mirror, is more similar to primates, does not mean it experiences life more profoundly, that sounds very bias. Natural selection can be cruel, but it's not as cruel as what the meat industry does on a daily basis.

[@alysonstainsby8513]

Cool Biology derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@SpaceboyGT]

Cool Biology all that dam screamin is his defense. in the end 😭😭 it's still screamin

[@jhhayesii]

That may be but I would have helped the Magpie. It took quite a while for that bird to die. Can YOU relate to the terror and fear!

[@I3R0K3N7FEET]

helped the mapie? I would have caught and fed the sparrowhawk and kept it as a pet.. :3

[@Ronin.Samurai]

John Hayes you have no right to interfere with nature. It needs to eat as we;l. Leave nature alone

[@theenglishman9596]

#ayes you are a ignorant townie, you watch too many stupid tv programmes. #13rok3n you too are a imbecile it is illegal to harm or capture sparrow hawkes in Great Britan

[@bazzabaz]

Great video, I saw a sparrowhawk today standing on a wall just a few feet away from me in Sussex, the first time I'd seen one so close.

[@mickyleachlover]

Incredible footage. I live in West Sussex. A Sparrow Hawk took a Wood Pigeon in my back garden. It took an hour and twenty minutes to subdue and eat it's fill. I cleaned up afterwards and disposed of the carcase but my wife had missed it all. At 6.30am next morning she noticed the Sparrow Hawk on one of our bushes. It had returned to look for the pigeon for breakfast. This upload may not be to everyones taste but shows true nature as it is meant to be.

[@eddiehowland]

Exactly

[@Teeb2023]

*+Michael Koser* "There is no such raptor known as a sparrow hawk. That is a coopers hawk. Still a cool video." Don'tcha just love internet experts? Mr Koser, read a book once in a while, preferably one that includes birds that aren't indigenous to *your* country.

[@CoNvdMerwe]

Bwhahaha what happened to Mr Michael Koser`s original post, saying this isn`t a Spar and a Coopers? I also wanted to give him some educational advise.

[@walkercatlett9820]

Yes there is such a thing as a Sparrowhawk, they are a European accipiter and this was in Europe

[@williamstephens9945]

Yes, there is such a raptor as a Sparrowhawk - I see them quite often here in the UK.

[@coryboy345]

You have no idea what the hell you are talking about Anthony....

[@seanspady5236]

i would have saved the magpie

[@eddiehowland]

Which is like saying you would have helped kill the hawk.... by starving it.

[@seanspady5236]

Yes, I would have

[@paulbowness8125]

Anguis Helper I'd have killed the magpie and fed it to my dog.

[@seanspady5236]

paul bowness So, cruel!

[@paulbowness8125]

Anguis Helper Not as cruel as you wanting to starve the poor Sparrowhawk. Sparrowhawks have to eat something....what do you suggest, they order Pizza?

[@sliehgtofhand]

Good footage, really well done. Sparrowhawks are awesome. And I love the way it puts its talons right in the magpie's beak... it's like "shhhhh"

[@jonesytoo]

Brilliant photography Eddie. I currently have an infrared camera set up on a feeding station in my garden in the Cotswolds to film foxes and hedgehog's. I can see them live, but at the moment I don't have the ability or equipment to video the interaction between them and my cat's. Only some dodgy video from my mobile phone. Fascinating stuff as the foxes are terrified by my cats and when the cat attacks the foxes run for their lives!

[@eddiehowland]

@cozmium Hiya, thanks for the comment. I agree to a point about us interfering and being compassionate, but think about it, if we interviened we would indeed be helping the magpie... but being cruel to the hawk by depriving it of a meal. Cant be compassionate to both as by interfering we would change the nature of things and if every one did this the whole food chain would be well and truley screwed up.

[@ZB33ZY]

lol its like "hey im gonna eat you but until you shut up i'm gonna pull all your feathers out"

[@mikethejoiner]

Brilliant footage mate. It lets people know what is really happening in the natural world like there back garden. A magpie is easy for them to catch but very difficult to kill & eat, a blackbird or chaffinch is a bit more difficult for them to catch but easy to kill. What you caught on the film is not rare but that wee hawk must have been very desperate. Good show...

[@putin88100]

@eddiehowland so how did it end?? did you kill the magpie or did the hawk manage to do so? it looked like it was a juvenile magpie, still the hawk hat serious trouble to kill it... dont think they usually hunt prey of that size. He really risked to get injured by the magpie. thanks for the post!

[@spinlizard1]

@Eloshly If you think that then presumably you agree that someone should "catch" you everytime you eat a meal?

[@MrLaptopus]

@eddiehowland Did it actually eat the magpie or not?

[@eddiehowland]

Thank you. Much apreciated. Eddie

[@JODIMAR45]

I don't know whether i would have quite worded it like that but you are absolutely right!...My message to that Magpie is 'WHAT GOES AROUND,COMES AROUND'!

[@eddiehowland]

@tomtalker2000 Thank you. I didnt know what to do, but the noise the magpie was making was distressing. I only interviened when it was obvious the magpie could not recover. The hawk NEVER let go and i pushed it aside to get a headshot. It was still carrying on ripping at it hours later.

[@eddiehowland]

@NiteLiter It was an ols Canon XM1 3 chip Mini DV video camera. I now use a full size shoulder mounted broadcast quality JVC GY HD 201 camera. Stills were done on a Nikon D300 with 18-200

[@guywigmore7826]

I saw this happen in a car park in my village yesterday - at least 100 metres from the woods. I couldn't see what species the victim was, but the sparrowhawk was plucking a lot of white feathers out of its chest.

[@evileye1983]

thanks for sharing eddie

[@user-jr9eb1nf1x]

Sparrowhawk is like beautiful angel who eliminate the evil

[@ShotTower1]

Huh? He didn't film a serial killer taking out a victim here, he filmed a natural event and the footage is really rather incredible. I've never seen a sparrowhawk taking out a magpie. Thanks Eddie Howland for this footage.

[@eddiehowland]

Thanks for that. Much appreciated.

[@eddiehowland]

@GRPLiningServices Thanks for that. The camera was a Canon XM1. A 3 chip DV camcorder. A bit dated now but an excellent camcorder. I still geep it as a backup. Had items broadcast on TV news and BBC real rescues from it!! Look on my website for more info on my current equipement and to see my usual line of filming, lol. Distance ranged from 30ft (ist shot) right up to about literally a few feet from them. Hawk kept looking at me, with "the look", but he wasnt giving up his dinner!!

[@eddiehowland]

@bigcatdetective what do you mean, you'd have liked to see the flight?

[@rbuxto]

Just this one reply then you can all emulate the bird and tear me to shreds. I can't deny it's a good piece of film, capturing something most of us don't get to see. To get things correct though, the filming was post 'take out'. There's no shot of the chase or capture, simply a dwelling on the gory aftermath - with soundtrack.

[@eddiehowland]

What would you have done?

[@Godsahumanist]

Amazing work thanks for sharing

[@thedoctorswife]

Amazing video. I had one in my garden today that had brought down a jackdaw. They tussled in the garden for a few minutes but the jackdaw managed to escape. The kids wanted me to go and chase it away but it's nature. Not my place to interfere

[@Rivas21]

How did it end??

[@maven21]

@hezzov12 for example a magpie is a strong, intelligent bird they often travel in pairs or groups and its hard to hunt one. So for a young sparrowhawk to kill one is remarkable as they normally go for smaller prey. So what does this mean? Is the normal prey for the sparrowwhawk no longer in abundance if not why? Is there too much urban development is it forced to change it feeding habits what does that mean for humans? are there more rodents around hiding in development? lots of lessons

[@TheDrews11]

what happened to the ending bit when it killed it

[@iamthegame09]

In a way you'd feel like helping the Magpie but on the other hand you know the sparrowhawks gotta eat too! Awesome video btw :)

[@eddiehowland]

@1ukjunglednbraver Someone told mr (maybe on a comment on here) that it was a young sparrowhawk and didnt really know what it was doing. Dont know if thsts right.

[@aerowindggh2006]

never seen like this before... thanks for the upload

[@szaki]

So, how did it end?

[@eddiehowland]

@tomtalker2000 Unless your a cameraman, then it was right place right time, LOL THANKS for all your comments. Apreciated.

[@opisthotriton]

Fantastic footage!

[@eddiehowland]

@gerbilmaster21 Thanks for that. The camera was a Canon XM1. A 3 chip DV camcorder. A bit dated now but an excellent camcorder. I still keep it as a backup. Had items broadcast on TV news and BBC real rescues from it!! Look on my website for more info on my current equipement and to see my usual line of filming, lol.

[@jbmurphy4]

@eddiehowland Thats amazing. I never knew a sparrowhawk would try to kill something as big&tough as a magpie! When you shot the magpie did the sparrowhawk come back quickly to feed?

[@eddiehowland]

I did say in earlier comments I did shoot the Magpie when i realised it had no chance. However, this is nature, so how long should you leave it before you intervene?

[@eddiehowland]

@maven21 Hi Yes the film was edited. Overall it took 6 plus hours for the hawk to fly off. People seem to think it was a young hawk - I dont know. I think the hawk took the magpie off the branches above where it was filmed. They were in the branches fighting when i first heard the noise. By the time i got the camera - (45 seconds) it was as on the ground as you see in the film..

[@eddiehowland]

@yatter1 Thank you very much. You should see the videos i usually do then. some are on here

[@eddiehowland]

@Honigdrohne0221 I let it go on for 45 miins. When it was clear the Magpie had no chance and was suffering, I shot the magpie to end the suffering. The Sparrowhawk did not let go even when I had to push it away with the gun barrel. It stayed with the Magpie for many hours after.

[@GRPLiningServices]

Awesome footage. To the uploader please. What camera did you use and how far away from the battle were you?

[@eddiehowland]

@DumpYourTelevision Dont quite understand your question. It was the same magpie all throughout the footage. It was shot over approc 45 mins. I am a professional cameraman, hence the various angles and editing. It wasnt planned, it just happenned in my garden, and yes, the sparrowhawk was wild..... (and the magpie wasnt just wild, he was bloody furious LOL)

[@eddiehowland]

Thank you

[@MsRoxas101x]

So do all Sparrowhawks grip onto the birds head while ripping its feathers out?

[@alrune8]

Magpies are lesser corvids and are not that difficult to catch for Sparrowhawks but, like in this scene, Magpies often screech to alert other Magpies to their help. It's their primary defense and also it annoys the raptor to no end. Crows on the other hand are much more defensive but Goshawks often take them down.

[@eddiehowland]

Thank you - I apreciate that.

[@peterboneg]

Wow, this is a lot better than my sparrowhawk video.

[@carlybrooks821]

Is it eating it's feathers.?

[@BrandonTobatto]

So did the bird actually get eaten or get away?

[@eddiehowland]

@feniblog I let it go on for 45 miins. When it was clear the Magpie had no chance and was suffering, I shot the magpie to end the suffering. The Sparrowhawk did not let go even when I had to push it away with the gun barrel. It stayed with the Magpie for many hours after.

[@looks911]

He's like SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LET ME FINISH MY MEAL !!!

[@dolfette]

amazing clip! i just saw a sparrowhawk in my tiny, paved back yard. i googled 'sparrowhawk' and this was the first clip that came up. now i'm just having a giggle at the outraged responses.

[@eddiehowland]

@GLOKD Thanks for that. Apreciated.

[@noelbullard4676]

Did the magpie get away or did it get eaten

[@fujinmage]

Magpie: sorry bro, I wont steal food from you ever again!!!! Sparrowhawk: Stop moving while I eat you... Bro

[@carlacureton5944]

it is nature i know but do we really need to see it? what is there to gain from it?

[@eddiehowland]

+Carla Cureton It's how we learn how things in the real world works. If you don't like it, don't watch it.Could say the same about every nature programme on telly then.... do we really need to see it... what do we gain from them? or is that somehow different?

[@Ixyon77]

Indeed in an ultraliberal world it is... It will take 6000 years more for mankind to become humans. Let that happen without filming it would ve been far more better. There is absolutely no reason to learn how animals are suffering before dying. We already know how it's working. Killing the magpie yourself without suffering would ve been a little bit more appropriate. The hawk would ve leave for a while an return sudden you would ve left the place... I'm not angry against you. I just simply don't understand the real reason.

[@carlacureton5944]

I should hope you are not angry!!!!!! I dont need and want to see anything suffer, be it animal or human, maybe I just prefer animals to humans. ..correction I do prefer animals to humans

[@Ixyon77]

Hi Carla... I was responding to Eddie ;)

[@carlacureton5944]

i apologise profusely

[@mortgagewizard40]

what a brilliant video,.the superiority of the sparrowhawk,.my favourite bird of prey,

[@FriendLondonFriend]

Dear eddie, Thanks for your response. My friend has magpies coming on his roof every afternoon creating a nuisance. How could he get rid of them with out buying a Saparrowhawk. . Buying a further bird seems like throwing good money after bad. He has a criminal record already so he can't use a gun. . Any ideas? . Cheers. from del-boy.

[@onlineWOF]

Excellent footage. I have footage of a sparrowhawk in my garden doing exactly the same thing with a live pigeon. Its from a VHS-C camcorder though, dont know if its possible to get it on to KZbin.

[@BASEJOCK11]

I love when they start plucking them. The prey gets so terrified when they start getting plucked lol

[@eddiehowland]

@newcome880 Of course its unusual!!! Thats what makes it a great piece of film!! I dont usually film birds either. You only need to see my other videos on here to see what I usually do! Can't make out if your critisising my video or just curious.

[@marklawrence7555]

Great footage, I do love Sparrs........

[@GRPLiningServices]

@eddiehowland Thank you. I'll definitely check out your website, we could work on a project I have on my other channel maybe. Ill be in touch and thanks again.

[@species2521]

Just curious - did the magpie make it in the end or ever get any kind of upper hand? It looked so hopeless for it. Appreciate the post. Thank you.

[@stephaniegreaves7801]

Fantastic footage. I have a sparrow hawk at my stable yard, and though have seen it hunting woodpeckers and found its discarded meals when I disturb it, I am yet to see an actual kill. Thanks for sharing!

[@JimTLonW6]

Excellent video, well shot!

[@jimquantic]

@eddiehowland After watching the entire clip, I wondered how it ended--looked almost like a stalemate? Nice camera work, appreciate the video and audio.

[@stefvuho78]

That's one of the most amazing videos here, I watched it time and time again wondering how such a small raptor could have a go at one of the most widespread and dangerous passerines in Europe. I walked my dog out the other day and saw a raptor - pigeon sized, flying away with a blackbird. I keep on wondering whether it could have been a male Sparrowhawk - it was very similar to a Wood Pigeon. It flew ever so low, virtualy at 2ft off the ground and very close to my flat. Could it be possible?

[@Yamah12a]

@onimuusha do you eat meat?

[@kleenex3000]

G-D is working, in mysterious ways, Ramen and HummDooLeeLooYeah!

[@prettyprudent5779]

You just stood there and watched.

[@eddiehowland]

Yes . Its nature. Who am I to stop a wild bird from feeding? What would you have done? I am also cameraman. Do you complain when you see bbc documentaries of wild animals feeding and killing?

[@danivarius]

Yes he did; sparrow hawk did a great job!

[@darkmossie633]

Nature is very cruel, but the morning chorus as they call it , (most asleep, and never hear it) is wonderful Leonard Cohen, American poet and singer, says they , the birds are saying and singing "START AGAIN" at every new dawn, every day-they still have hope I think he is is trying to say, we should think like these beautiful creatures