Poor Buzzard

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On my afternoon ciggie break I was enjoying a perfectly clear sky when I saw a buzzard being mobbed by 2 gulls and a large rook. They would not give up on the buzzard and I could suddenly hear the music from the Battle of Britain. What a sight it was. I was quite transfixed by this aerial fight, all taking part in the middle of a main part of town. Nature provides us with so much interest.

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Morning Trimesaurus. I see them quite often when at my weekend country retreat, but never before in town. Sparrowhawks will descend on garden birds on my feeding stations occasionally. But this was definitely not a sparrowhawk. One is never too old ☺

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ttfn awaits spelling check - sorry Trimeresaurus

[rowanwitch]

Interesting watching the crows with red kites they seem to fly underneath and flap energetically which seems to create turbulance causing the kite to 'stall' and lose height

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Trim for short - you're not a barber are you? ;o)
Morning Rowan - couldn't believe the buzzard did not out-soar the others.

[redman41]

Hi ttfn !
Glad you enjoyed the spectacle, raptors of any description always seem to get mobbed by Crows and Magpies etc because they see them as a threat.
The Owls get mobbed as well if they are spotted even though they are better camouflaged and more stealthy than the Buzzards etc.

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Hello red, hope you will be out and about today to see some fine sights yourself. We don't get many owl sightings in town, though there are a few around. My friends had one living in a huge oak opposite their garden. Went to check their pellets - fascinating. Have a happy day x

[redman41]

Owls are one of my favourite Birds ttfn as they fascinate me and are so comical as well. Don't see them very often but I hear them a lot at night hooting in the Woods nearby.
Great Hobby watching the Birds and Nature, so relaxing and undemanding as well.

[seadogg]

I think all the missing sparrows live in my garden and although we get an occasional raptor the noisy jackdaws in my neighbour's wood, plus those thuggish herring gulls tend to keep them away. The tawny owls would be a mystery were it not for the droppings and pellets. Look up the tree and there they often are.

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I often see them at night when coming home through country roads from Big Sis's. I have also enjoyed watching them occasionally in broad daylight too. Memorably once stopped the car to watch a barn owl doing several laps of a huge field at about 10 foot off the ground. Unfortunately he caught nothing, but not surprising as I usually see them swoop down on to their prey. The New Forest Owl Sanctuary (at Crow Lane in Ringwood!) is not far from my sister's - wonderful place to visit - with raptors and reptiles too. They have a large lecture hall where indoor demos are given (as well as outdoors) and one can be a volunteer to receive a released barn owl to the glove and feed it. Amazing experience.

[Chaffinch]

I keep seeing Buzzards and Red Kites attacked by Crows as well, (nearly crashed the car the other day watching), But I did see quite a spectical, with the Buzz turning up-side-down tallons outstreached!! The two crows soon moved off!!!!

[cupid04]

A few years ago mr. Cupid and I were at Abberton Reservoir and we were lucky
enough to see an osprey. I think it was a rarity because you dont often get ospreys
down south. This osprey had a huge fish in its beak and it was mobbed by a gang of
crows forcing the osprey to drop the fish back in the water. I thought that had the
crows been intellegent enough they would have waited until the osprey was over dry
land and then they could have had a fish dinner. Crows and seagulls often mob
other birds and not just because they're near the nests.

[WELSHYORKIE]

Redman, we have an array of raptors over at Mona - the usual buzzards and kestrels but also barn owls seem to have been quite recntly - in fact my SIL was driving home to Holyhead from ours last week and had one glide across the front of her car - she was quite stunned as she had never seen one before. I can hear them hooting at night quite often and i'm guessing there may be some by Llyn Cefni at the bottom of our village

[redman41]

Anglesey is very unspoilt by modern development so it's a haven for wildlife really WelshYorkie. Plenty of Raptors around as you say along with the Owls which are one of my favourite Birds.
The Dingle at Llangefni is not far from your home so plenty of Owls there I would have thought.

[WELSHYORKIE]

Maybe that's where they come from, Redman. Next time I go for a walk around the lake i'll take the turning for Llangefni and see if I can see any signs of owls as i go