Sparrowhawk destroys magpie Skip to 2:10 & 3:50

After a pretty unsuccessful day out with the camera I decided to call it a day and walk home, on way way back I heard a load of magpies making a lot of noise in a tree so I decided to go and investigate, I was amazed to find a young female sparrowhawk that had taken down a magpie.
2:10 and 3:50 is pretty strong footage
nature is brutal but fascinating at the same time

[@kylie-gracewagner2790]

I LOVE this! I play it on my pool deck & it scares the incredibly loud & irritating nesting Cardinals away! Thank You!

[@johncard007]

Pretty grim viewing but absolutely first rate camera work, absolutely pin sharp and great light. Well done!

[@luminitacrimschi3988]

Viluru las omara decat sa vado tipete passri tu care filmezi te distrzi s o fi natura

[@raintree3383]

@@luminitacrimschi3988 what ?

[@duncan3998]

foreigners never use translator@@raintree3383

[@jamesmadison4176]

Mr Mag getting some pay back for some of those nest he’s robbed over the years !

[@davidcopson5800]

Absolutely. I was with the sparrow hawk all the way. Magpies have robbed countless nests in my garden.

[@minskimoment]

Mr mag, can’t just go down to the supermarket like a fat human

[@raintree3383]

That's for damn sure

[@Rlm77731]

@@davidcopson5800 Record them and become rich ppl like watching it and study it....

[@jemmaw1675]

Totally agree. The Magpie getting a taste of its own medicine. I've seen a Magpie attacking a Blackbird and destroying its eggs. Also my flatmate saw a Magpie eating Blackbird chicks.

[@misspurrr-fect3684]

Payback for all those nest invasions ! What goes around ... Comes around . 😈

[@rbak]

Having pie in your name is asking for trouble

[@alvincapone5859]

🤣😂😭

[@zaksmith6880]

Actually made me spit my drink out 🤣

[@theprinceoftides6836]

Lmfao 😂🤣😅 Truth.

[@megagatvol]

😂😂😂

[@megagatvol]

Brilliant footage…I’ve been fortunate enough to watch two Sparrow-hawk kills in my backyard right here in West Wales.

[@michaelhayes1068]

I'm lucky to have both sparrowhawks and magpies in the garden , and as brutal as ot may seem it no less than what a magpie does to most songbirds fledglings.. Excellent footage...

[@daniellehner1383]

Unfortunately for the magpie. That was a long struggle! Great capture! That's how nature works.

[@rawshotsuk678]

It is indeed, was pretty cool to see so close up

[@deepsoul8034]

I felt bad for the magpie until I watched a video of magpie eating chicks from other bird nests.

[@hotrockin197]

Inhuman evil noises they make. Going up a tree soon to destroy its nest the noisy bastards. And revenge for the baby wood pigeon they tried to eat alive. See how you like it.

[@martyn6792]

@@deepsoul8034 No sympathy at all, back in the mid 1980's I was out shooting and came across a magpie eating a blackbird's chicks, I shot it. Sadly two of the three chicks were already dead and one so badly mangled I put it down as it would have died a horrible slow death

[@magentamonster]

@@deepsoul8034 Which species of birds did the magpie eat? Will you stop feeling sorry for the other birds if you saw them eating animals? Most birds are predators, though their prey is usually invertebrates like insects.

[@MeinPartnerHund]

Really great capture. Thank you for sharing. Sparrowhawks are truly amazing predators! They are fast, beautiful and absolutely stunning! This is the female - able to take magpies down!

[@kss987]

I agree, although I did feel sorry for the magpie didn't you? I know it's nature but still ...

[@MeinPartnerHund]

@@kss987 I know it is hard to watch and I can totally understand your point of view. But for me, I really like the birds of prey. Magpies, Crows and others of the corvids are thriving near humans. Eating nearly everything, it is easier to exist. Near my garden are uncountable crows and magpies. They harass every other bird - including the birds of prey. Perhaps that is the reason, that I'm not really sorry for the magpie. They also kill other little birds. And I totally agree - its nature. In my case, I feed the buzzards and the red kites. I'm really sorry if my comment offended you, that was not my intention.

[@kss987]

@@MeinPartnerHund yea I get that, it could of been any bird and I would have felt sorry for it but that's just the way this strange world is lol

[@MrLexushka]

@@kss987 не надо жалеть ее, что они делает с другими птицами, кроликами это ужас.

[@kss987]

@@MrLexushka what's that in English lol

[@nebulaaah]

Cries of agony are the same in any language, even non-human language.

[@filsdedieu100]

True

[@monkehbitch]

Good sparrowhawk, one air bastard at a time!

[@foxtenz6346]

Every bird is gangsta until sparrowhawk shows up

[@mickbrown8537]

Great footage. Magpies do this to other ani Animals too.

[@agl1138]

A couple of points: 1) This is nowhere near as rare as people seem to think - prey will sometimes fight back, and its worth the energy investment to keep going for the SH; 2) Nature is not cruel. There is no morality to it. Nature is indifferent

[@cahillgreg]

Alex Lawrence Pipe down

[@joeyherp63]

@@cahillgreg He is absolutely correct.

[@gutemorcheln6134]

Well said

[@tabithathecat]

Absolutely, yeah. Also people need to stop anthropomorphisising things to plaster our own morals into everything because if it wasn't for the fact that we have a slightly larger brain to body size ratio we'd be next.

[@hearingeyes9129]

It's the thought of the Pain for me!😥

[@jimboyle6974]

I'm traumatised

[@alexthao11]

You'd be more traumatized when you see a video of what magpies do

[@orcasrulex8066]

lol 😂

[@saraxcute]

Why? Hawks have to eat maybe hawk had babies.

[@jimboyle6974]

@@alexthao11 I daren't. I'm still getting counselling

[@jimboyle6974]

@@saraxcute why doesn't she ( the sparrow) catch worms and insects like other sparrows. The screaming of the magpie .....

[@tom11zz884]

Those Magpies are pests that kill baby birds I'm glad the Hawk made a meal out of one of them

[@amfohr]

Agreed, magpies and crows can be pretty nasty themselves

[@sparkandflame]

Hawks also kill alot of baby birds especially in nesting season.. come on, near enough every meat eating bird will go on a nest raid for its chicks and eggs..

[@Avetorro]

And how many fledglings are taken by sparrowhawks, owls, woodpeckers or even killed through our own activities? Baby birds are food for other birds and have been for thousands of years with no problems till humans messed up the order of things.

[@keithroberts5611]

Domestic cats kill more birds and chicks even thow being fed twice a day, Magpies kill to survive and feed there brood! Cats kill birds on an industrial scale in comparison to predatory birds, Cats on average kill at the very least 2 million song birds a year after year.An example I took a photo of the last song thrush in my garden never seen another since!!! That was 5 years ago, Dogs are kept on leads for the great part, Cats are free to roam where they please and crap where they please, To me they are the new vermin!!!

[@Grizzlecock]

Sparrow Hawks kill all birds, hence the decline in the song bird population.

[@PS-wz9fc]

When street thug meet professional killer..

[@spiceenglish9762]

One of the most interesting and clear shots I've ever seen!

[@gunlokman]

If the hawk could speak - it would be saying "for goodness sake keep still while I'm trying to eat you - you're not helping"

[@christoffaa9836]

I literally once watched a pair of magpies ransack and kill a whole nest of pigeon chicks literally a few days old I know it’s nature but even I was taken back because there wasn’t even a meal for one between the whole nest so I call this karma 👍🏻

[@hotrockin197]

I agree. A couple tried eating a young wood pigeon alive + a baby hedgehog. Cant stand the bastard birds and they shit another 2 out in spring. The nest will be destroyed.

[@khalidaftab226]

@@hotrockin197Agreee 👍

[@mikecampbell7421]

Right on the upper limit of a female sparrow hawks abilities !! You can see how tired she is and how long it takes to subdue the magpie. Nature raw in tooth and claw !!

[@Yawnyaman]

Yeah, I think a male would struggle. But the reward is a major meal.

[@ashleybarnes3444]

Often the young and inexperienced go for large prey... she looks a bit weak so.thatbmay have forced her to go fornsuch demanding prey... though pigeons seem to be the exception.

[@PerAllwin1963]

How do you know it’s a female hawk?

[@BASEJOCK11]

Lol I’m sure that Magpie destroyed some smaller birds of its own. Now it’s doing the screaming. Food chain just leveled up

[@desertmaverick7567]

I like the way the Sparrow Hawk kept ripping out the Magpie's chest! .\ ^ /.

[@bjornb4696]

Psycho!

[@thomasvelazquez9789]

Amazing footage and a rare case where a sparrow hawk pushes the limits of his catch size

[@raintree3383]

I really like your Comment...I wouldn't have thought of that ...thank you Thomas and hello from Canada

[@leonjohnson9625]

And can do that only because she's a female, thus much larger than a male

[@julianocean1734]

It was difficult to watch, I couldn’t even finish, nature is super brutal

[@xof64]

You think this is brutal, wait till mother earth can't feed the human population any more, then you will see what real brutal is. What human will do with each other....

[@lifeforce3451]

If you saw all the video of magpies attaking nest and killing chicks you would enjoy

[@tabithathecat]

Think nature's brutal,you should see what humans are doing.

[@dominicg3316]

@@xof64 that is not happening and we aren't going to do that to eachother

[@dannybiermap709]

@@dominicg3316 Like Abraham lincoln said: History remembers the battle, but forgets the blood.

[@thehammer6675]

" nothing like a fresh meal" she looked rejuvenated almost immediately

[@swarz08]

Is it weird to say that I actually enjoyed watching the Magpie get destroyed?

[@WhatName6]

nope, they're almost as bad as cuckoos

[@Knappa22]

The sparrowhawk looks so pissed off lol. “Stay still!”

[@dits3448]

Welcome to the paradise magpie

[@deepsoul8034]

Reminder that magpies are also predatory to other bird nests

[@davidcopson5800]

They certainly are. Payback time here.

[@KillerCrewmate2526]

Who care? Like almost all birds do that, stop living it a unicorn world it’s literally dinosaurs and you take literal dinosaurs for teddy plush

[@StoilDIvanov]

One of the best predator & prey videos on KZbin!

[@rawshotsuk678]

Cheers buddy

[@KillerCrewmate2526]

Nah I usually like that but f this one, I don’t know why people get so sensitive on mammals, f w0rthIess mammals

[@KillerCrewmate2526]

Nah I usually like that but f this one, I don’t know why people get so sensitive on mammals and don’t care so much about birds f mammals

[@terrysimmons3808]

Yes. That young female sparrowhawk was probably very desperate to commit to such a energy draining fight. I hope she was left in piece to feed fully without disturbance

[@PoliticalGangster]

How can you tell it's a female?

[@Yawnyaman]

The plumage looks like a female sparrow hawk. They are bigger than males too.

[@tobiasebner5130]

Its just a juvenile. You cant tell the gender because male and female are the same colour in the juvenile plumage

[@markr1142]

@@tobiasebner5130True, male and female have identical plumage for the first year. Size gives it away here though, definitely a female.

[@tobiasebner5130]

@@markr1142 Yeah, i guess you're right. A male sparrowhawk probably wouldnt have been capable of capturing a magpie.

[@blueford1974]

Note to self thank god I'm not a magpie, such a savage way to go 😭

[@Kaaarlotta]

It’s a great capture, yes, but I don’t get why people like to add stupid comments on the noises that an animal of fear and pain makes. Or even makes fun of the dying magpie. Kind of scary that people like watching animals that are in agony. I find it hard to watch and didn‘t till the end but of course I am happy for the hawk having success & a big meal.

[@g3g3n]

"Animal of fear and pain" will be the name of my next album, thx

[@g3g3n]

"The dying magpie" is the first song

[@monkehbitch]

Excellent shot by the way. Must've been a hungry sparrowhawk to not abandon a catch.

[@umarmujaahid1136]

I think I do realize is that when a bird is "pinned" down, the only thing is left is it had to use its wing for defense &/or block of an attack.

[@fendergibson2615]

Whoah! the sound of pulling feathers is so satisfying! This sparrowhawk is well experienced as you can see that it holds the magpie's head to prevent it from fighting back

[@silentwlnd]

I'm so glad the person filming this understood this is nature and didn't try to shoo the hawk off. People don't realise how many of it's hunt result in nothing and how much energy it uses as graphic as this might seem this is nature.

[@scottjohnstone6204]

Fuck that Sparrow Hawk.

[@scottjohnstone6204]

He could've killed the magpie and the hawk wouldve come back.

[@sim7760]

Sparrowhawks have around a 10% success rate In actually catching their prey, I only know this because one killed a pigeon a couple of days ago in my garden and ever since then I have been quite intrigued in english birds of prey which is ironic because I used to hate birds with a passion they kinda creep me out lmfaoo but now I'm finding them rather interesting.

[@josvel2344]

@@scottjohnstone6204 why interfere with nature more? We interfere enough!

[@SogMosee]

You say "this is nature" and yet you yourself are not participating in nature. You live safely and comfortably in your suburban middle class home. If you had to live in an environment like this, I doubt you would be going around saying "this is nature" as though its some sacred or preferred way of living. The only reason shit is like this is because resource craving entities evolved on a planet where resources were scarce. There is no justifiable reason why nature is like this except for scarcity.

[@adrianforrester325]

i hope the sparrowhawk managed to eat its fill of the magpie to replace all the energy spent subduing it great video as well

[@lohikarhu734]

Normally, the sparrowhawk will try to avoid this kind of fight, by just hanging on with talons, essentially smothering the prey, but the magpie is much too big for this tactic, not it's normal prey, and the hawk attacks what it can get at, and still avoid being struck by the beak, or feet, of the magpie...as others have noted, this is life for the sparrowhawk, death for the magpie.

[@rawshotsuk678]

yeah, nature is harsh at times but as you say it means the sparrow hawk can live

[@iMemeHQ]

They normally destroy their flying ability i, e, then carry them up and drop them, like all their pray this was unusual.

[@yourdaddy6030]

@@iMemeHQ *PREY*

[@kevinparker461]

Magpies & Jays are common prey for Sparrowhawks in the UK, for the females at least, the males are too small but, some of the larger "Muskets" may indeed be capable. I have caught an adult Carrion Crow with a trained "Spar" & i know of trained birds that took Rooks on a regular basis.

[@kevinparker461]

@@iMemeHQ "Then carry them up & drop them!!" WTF are you babbling on about?

[@johnjames1744]

I adopted a magpie two years ago and today an eagle took him. My family is very heartbroken. I'll never have another pet again. Too much drama.

[@andrewkreder-oy5qq]

See that!? THIS is my leg now! Totally my leg. Mm! 🍗 😅

[@kevintaylor31]

Man how lucky were you to be able to film this! Shame you didn't catch the strike too.

[@rawshotsuk678]

i was gutted i missed the strike, that would of been an awesome vid

[@TheNix333]

Man those sparrowhawks are not to be underestimated!! Magpies are a big aggressive bird.. Literally eaten alive!!!

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

Other magpies probably would have chased off the hawk if this knob wasn't there filming. Says he doesn't want to interfere with nature, but he does by not keeping his distance.

[@kevanmitchinsonmitchinson6981]

Great struggle and quite surprising, the sparrowhawk chose a magpie. Even a pigeon would be easier prey, and theres plenty of them about. Too many magpies round here but our sparrowhawk prefers smaller birds usually.

[@g.o.a.t9804]

They're opportunistic predators and they also like to diversify their diets

[@Bluetoothedshark]

Anyone who has seen what crows, magpies etc do to lambs, won't mind this at all.

[@michaelcranston5660]

I know exactly what you are talking about.

[@rampart64]

I really wish I hadn't seen that, but my fondness for crows went to less than zero after that.

[@rolexr]

Yes....I also saw a magpie that killed a young blackbird on the street in front of our house - pecked it to death! That was cruel as well!

[@Sovanhe]

Amazing video

[@miguelsanchez8238]

Sparrow hawks are amazing thanks for sharing

[@denzellucas609]

Beautiful! 🤩 I hate magpies

[@2spoons]

Such a change from seeing a mobbing of crows on a buzzard I saw today

[@leeleeturn]

God. Reminds me of something I read about some psychopath tearing people's skin with pliers. There aren't any animal species that don't have to kill something else to live. Even bacteria and viruses have to find some living thing to fester in. Even plants try to crowd each other out to get to the sunlight. Nature is brutal, end of story. Very beautiful, and yet nasty and brutal underneath the beauty.

[@liamjameslovell7294]

Great capture, one of the best I’ve seen! The sparrowhawk is a fearless and formidable hunter. Unfortunate for the magpie

[@hotrockin197]

The birds of Satan

[@KillerCrewmate2526]

This bird is ldlot af

[@KillerCrewmate2526]

Idk why you would love the worse bird ever you really weird af

[@eth2999]

Great shots

[@msoulja]

Live by the beak, die by the beak.

[@waynegraham7611]

Talk about fresh food ! Lol

[@spinner9]

Great quality!

[@reuelray]

"Killing me softly with his song" err claws..🎶

[@terrysimmons3808]

An appropriate title would be. A desperately hungry Sparrowhawk fight for survival.

[@phillips278]

Yes, the sparrow hawk is a very dangerous bird, but the most lethal bird of prey is the peregrine falcon.

[@eddiek0507]

A well captured video, You was very lucky to get the chance to observe and film this. It can be a little distressing for some people, but its nature and it's been going on for thousands of years. Magpies terrorize the local nature, so in a way its got it's comeuppance...

[@rawshotsuk678]

cheers pal, yeah you can’t stop nature 👌🏻

[@hiknightyy]

You said thousands of years. Correction: billions of years. Literally.

[@eddiek0507]

@@hiknightyy Thank you for pointing out the error...🙏👍🏻

[@SogMosee]

You say "this is nature" and yet you yourself are not participating in nature. You live safely and comfortably in your suburban middle class home. If you had to live in an environment like this, I doubt you would be going around saying "this is nature" as though its some sacred or preferred way of living. The fact that has been happening for thousands or billions of years does not justify it. The naturalistic fallacy does not justify the existence or state of something. R*** has been happening for equally as long, yet we actively try to stop it and punish it when it does happen. Cars and computers are not natural and have only existed for a few years and yet we consider them a net positive. The only reason nature is like this is because resource craving organisms evolved on a planet where resources were scarce. There is no justifiable reason why nature is like this except for scarcity.

[@KillerCrewmate2526]

F nature F everything And nothing matters That whole valueIess rubbish planet could explode nothing of value

[@welshparamedic]

This is bizarre, only yesterday I spotted a male sparrowhawk perched on my garden fence here in Cwmbran, a large town in South Wales. We boder a narrow strip iof woodland that follows the Afon Lywydd river through the town. He was on the fence for about 10 minutes (these are only small gardens on the backs of a line of terraced houses), Ive had just about everything visit our bird tables from Woodpeckers to various finches and tits but never a bird of prey. However what eventually scared him off was a very loud and confident Magpie who literally almost bumped him off the fence. However to be fair, the Male Sparrowhawk is smaller than the female such as the female in this clip shows. Nature is very cruel, I believe more than anyone that predators obviously have the right to live as the preyed upon, but when ever I see an animal 'caught' by a predator, be it Orcas catching seals Or a leopard with a deer/antelope or even this, a Lowly Magpie in the clutches of a beautifulRaptor I just always wish that death could be delivered swiftly. Naivety I suppose as real life just isnt like that!

[@godlydog0988]

Me hoping it’s the magpie that attacked me

[@beermanmccool1226]

"Mr. and Ms. Blackbird send their regards."

[@davidcopson5800]

Oh yes.

[@yengvang8737]

Well time for a mukbang from a sparrowhawk lol.

[@tnimbus]

@ 3:56 - did any else notice hearing the magpies in the background alarm calling. When they take their prey, the reason the hawk looks around very anxiously every few seconds is because normally when the corvids see a sparrowhawk kill they descend on the scene and start hassling the hawk so it will clear off any they can then steal the kill - so the hawk spends 1/2 its time killing the prey and the other 1/2 the time making sure it doesn't get it's meal knicked.

[@wxman2003]

Ripping out feathers is like ripping out fingernails. Extremely painful.

[@ReddyRAD]

that's a big catch! magpies are among my favorite birds, but a bird's gotta eat.

[@McCaff62]

Sparrowhawks are the top predator in my book for their size, often come across them devouring poor blackbirds/pigeons .Awesome but very fortunate bit of filming .

[@davidcopson5800]

Also very high quality, fortunate or not.

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

Sparrowhawks are stupid af. I had one fly in front of my car and get itself killed. Only the dumbest of birds get hit by cars.

[@vinnyvincent2862]

@@PatrickPierceBateman Get a grip of yourself Son !

[@ndjibukabengele973]

For me it’s the goshawks, they are vicious, agile, smart and fast.

[@julierandall7020]

The plumage on the Magpie is truly stunning. I can see the most gorgeous blue hues. So sad when animals get killed.

[@nicolanicholson4339]

Imagine wearing a pointless mask on your profile pic in act of virtue signaling 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@keegan773]

Sparrow hawks have to live too. Magpies are murderous creatures. Have you seen what they do to nestlings or lambs? No sympathy.

[@spiffcorgi]

@@nicolanicholson4339 says more about you randomly abusing someone cause you see a mask

[@nicolanicholson4339]

@@spiffcorgi abuse? I never 'abused' anybody.... merely pointed out that masks are so obviously worthless and pointless that to wear one in a profile pic like that can only be for the reason of saying to the world 'look how responsible and courteous I am keeping myself and everybody safe'..... but in reality it shows the person to be submissive, weak, and unquestioning... a little bit like yourself I'd guess, if your reply is anything to go by?

[@magentamonster]

@@nicolanicholson4339 Submissive people don't accuse people of abuse/wrongdoing unless other people are doing it. Which isn't the case here, as ​@UCPkrH_pSIhFw1-VaAmLk_yw was the only person to accuse you of abuse.

[@Connibolognese]

I can't see it sorry 🥺 it's just too hard for me, that shocks me. So sorry, though magnificent capture and totally ok for the sparrowhawk - nature is always ok in it's meaning. But 😥😭

[@Lrover16]

Great sound!

[@Gogeta307]

BRUTALITY! HAWK WINS! FLAWLESS VICTORY!

[@SONORSQ2guy]

Awesome footage the Magpie sounds like a Cat on acid! 👍

[@rawshotsuk678]

cheers pal, love the analogy 😂

[@jonathanhicks140]

Akin to watching a leopard dispatch a tough guard dog, the guard dog (magpie) may be a tough & noisy bully, but the leopard (like the sparrow hawk) is a fully equipped & experienced silent assassin.

[@24-7nature]

that is how it goes in nature sometimes we see images of how a magpie, for example, robs a blackbird nest. Compared magpie and blackbird, the magpie is many times stronger and in this case, of course, the sparrowhawk. Greetings

[@normanwatson9056]

that magpie tried hard to survive, surprised the other magpies didn't help but i guess you were in the way - get video and plenty magpies to eat

[@yourdaddy6030]

Come on Norma if the hawk did not take off due to the proximity of the videographer then other magpies wouldn't have been bothered by him either

[@khalidaftab226]

It's a cleverly fixed, camera...

[@alanstrong3295]

Heckyl and Jeckyl are in trouble.

[@theraven1850]

Makes a change, seeing a Magpie becoming a victim of another bird.

[@scottjohnstone6204]

Poor Magpie, I always hate seeing animals suffer like this.

[@steveperks9277]

Maybe the sparrowhawk could starve to death or buy a chicken at aldi

[@sugarsaint]

Magpies kill all the time

[@terrysimmons3808]

Desperately hungry immature female sparrowhawk has life depending fight with magpie. She is so hungry she allows you to film her. She never destroyed it by any means. That was a fight for life. She just about won. She's down on her luck for sure. I hope she survives the rest of the winter, and advise all who watch this to keep their distance if they are ever lucky enough to witness such an event.

[@umaminadeentusiasmo]

why keep the distance?

[@umaminadeentusiasmo]

why keep the distance?

[@terrysimmons3808]

@@umaminadeentusiasmo Important to keep your distance so as not to scare the hawk off of its catch. It needed to be left in peace. It was a very desperate hawk, it may not have had the energy to hunt again.

[@umaminadeentusiasmo]

I would scare the hell out of it and free up the poor victim. Screw the hawk. It can look for worms with its hooked beak.

[@terrysimmons3808]

@@umaminadeentusiasmo lol....

[@Matthew-iq6yt]

How the hell is this fascinating. How anybody can watch this ill never know.

[@nassauguy48]

Hekyll! Where the hell are you! Hekyll! You son of a ...................." 😆

[@peterhaken7152]

That’s brutal but nature.

[@rogerofrhodri]

Not as brutal as a magpie is to nest full of chicks

[@naturalreach4316]

Interesting video

[@ItsToXxy]

No more robbing nests for that magpie

[@davidcopson5800]

Indeed.

[@NLV_Films]

No way bro this is mad, nature doing it’s thing !

[@rawshotsuk678]

crazy aint in 😱

[@montagusappling3076]

Be still I'm trying to give you a haircut 😁

[@andresd6193]

Poor guy, nature is so cruel.😥

[@vadimpm1290]

It's where the Old Norse phrase "grof til hjarta" comes from.

[@charlesgould1962]

We need rules and regulations to control mother nature.

[@UrbanRatsAdventures]

Good shots ✌🏻

[@truthhurts6145]

I saw a video of a magpie killing baby chicks. Maybe the hawk is getting revenge.

[@julierandall7020]

That sparrowhawk is as brutal a thing as I ever see.

[@1u5t1n]

They're evil bastards. One of them killed my rooster a while ago, but that's nature.

[@tobiasebner5130]

@@1u5t1nYou probably confuse it with its larger cousin, the goshawk. A sparrowhawk is not capable of killing a rooster.

[@davidcopson5800]

What about Vladimir Putin? He's a brutal bastard.

[@meganet3]

That's like a UFC fight.

[@tnimbus]

I've witnessed this a number of times. Once a blackbird, once a woodpecker, once a dove the hawk drowned in a stream. It's pretty grim to see and hard not to want to intervene.

[@wanicki3575]

I can see why you feel that way of course the hawk needs to eat too

[@tnimbus]

​@@wanicki3575 Sparrowhawks, like Merlins and Kestrels and unlike falcons like Peregrines and Goshawks aren't generally powerful enough to kill their prey outright. So they just immobilise them and eat them alive. Thinking more on it, over fifty years of birding I've probably seem this around 10 times

[@wanicki3575]

@@tnimbus very interesting thanks for sharing

[@liamlofthouse7324]

Witnessed it yesterday, we have some garden birds nesting and one suddenly appeared and pinned down a goldfinch with ease. Worried about when our nesting birds fledge as it is lurking

[@tnimbus]

​@@liamlofthouse7324 I think especially the urban birds have a circuit they patrol routinely. Also, generally - & I've seen this - if they miss a kill first time they generally don't try very hard to keep pursing their prey - they generally move on because although they are fantastically agile birds they can't match a smaller bird's agility and they realise it's a waste of energy. So as long as your fledglings don't come out at the wrong time hopefully they'll be OK 🙂

[@msblue1003]

that'll keep her fed for a couple of days.... super cool footage

[@EleCyon]

Now I know the true horrors of getting your garden birds snatched by a sparrowhawk. I fear for the fledglings, but such is nature. :(

[@yourdaddy6030]

"true horrors" lololololololololololol. Give us a break.

[@richarddoran]

Magpies take just as many fledglings if not more. They can decimate nests.

[@clambroth1923]

I was thinking that scavenger invaded the wrong nest and paid the price

[@IssacLHunt]

It bit like a coon stabbing another coon in London and the way I see it that two coons gone from the street of London

[@pauljasper8630]

Good footage of this event, thanks. Watched and listened to a Sparrowhawk take out a Starling, on that occasion the Starling put up a longer period of resistance. Guess this SH was quite experienced. Not easy to watch, but hey, I love all birds.

[@rawshotsuk678]

Yeah the sparrow hawk was all over it

[@pauljasper8630]

@@rawshotsuk678 Hmm, the SH certainly was all over that Maggie. Great to see the efficient "style" which the SH used to subdue its prey. Thanks hugely Rawshot. :-)

[@markuse3472]

It always depends where the hawks first lands it's talon or claw. This time it must have landed its first strike on the magpies neck or shoulder that is why the magpie had no hope. An adult and well fed starling can put up somewhat of a fight, but even then, regardless of the hawks first claw the starling will also be a meal for the hawk.

[@beckiebeckiebeck]

Wow, that was a drawn out death.

[@rawshotsuk678]

Yeah after about 5 mins i kinda felt abit for the maggie 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@stateoffear9605]

@@rawshotsuk678 No mercy for magpies - how long did it go on for before it stopped struggling?

[@marilynhudson5805]

That's one couregos Magpie all of the feathers are beautiful. It's taking it's best shot till the end