Wild BOP spotting

[GriffMJ]

Hi All

Since Sabo's arrival, I have noticed a reall increase in the amount of bird traffic over the garden, particularly BOP. Its pretty easy now as I have an early warning system...Sab's starts to mutter to himself when our local wild Pere does a recce over the mews (100ft the other day ..really good view) ..... also I have had a couple of high pitched Spars using the thermals doing the same thing. Best of all we have seen a Hobby a couple of times ..... we think its nesting near a local lake.

Must say that the wild Pere when it started to get height made it look so effortless.

[Darren]

yeah...when I ahve had my male Harris tethered in the garden he gives out a cry when the local Kesteral or Sparrow Hawk is hovering flying around the garden, but what has to be worse are the magpies they sit on the top of the fench really winding him up.

[Osiris]

i got my lanneret and almost everyday i get a visit from the local mobs the good old gul. They bombed the Harlan's i am looking after at the minute, but since i got these we have had no visits from the local sparrow-hawks....

[Mr_Colin]

When Willow is tethered in my garden she regularly gets dive bombs by the local seaguls, to a point that she screems a warning at them or is it a cry for help from me. She is never vocal (and hopefully stay that way) so it made me pay attention quickly.

Where her mews is there has been a sighting of a Commom Buzzard sitting on the lamp posts over looking her mews. Might be a male?

[Smyril]

The main thing we have seen an increase in is ravens. Have several breeding pairs around here. Don't see many BOPS - get the odd owl, gyr and some things from the mainland blown off course. The only thing that regularly breeds here are merlins. Part of our land is called Smyril Hamar - shetland dialect for 'merlin hill' and they still live there.

[Saker-Clive]

We have regularly a pair of Spars and numerous kessies over my way; only last night I videoed a Sparrow hawk on the roof opposite with a sparrow in its talons.
There are also several Pere's locally but rarely seem them. Usually only see them when one of my birds are in the air :rolleyes: When Loco was alive, he regularly 'played' with one of the resident Kestrals.
I have been told that there are about 5 'lose' HH's in the area and got a phone call on Sunday saying there was a big pointy winged bird sitting on a post 40 yards from the person calling me!!! I asked if it had any equipment on and bells but she said no!!!! Possibly a wild Pere, or a lost bird which I heard about yesterday that for some reason had NO equipment on but was being flown in the owners garden!!!!!!!!!!! muppet.

[ColdZero]

i wish i had BOP in my garden, but due to falconry i have still seen more than i ever would of normally. I have seen spars hunting about half a dozen times, Kes taking the usual shrews etc, but also a starling which i thought was impressive, oh and a little owl getting chased by a blackbird. I just want to have a camera ready next time a spar decides to shoot past me into a nearby hedge.

[Adam Barrett]

while out with me harris the other night i came up close with a family of tawnies as she decided to chase one of the parent birds which promptly dived in to a bush. :idea:

so i decided not to go for the reflush :mrgreen: :lol:

and heard the young screaming. they were at the brancher stage and totally fearless of me and i managed to get to within about 10 foot of one of them while it stood there screaming at me.

also have a pair of spars in a small patch of wood next to my house that regularly attack me harris but i can never manage to get a pic of the bloody things :twisted:

[Tim Laycock]

I put my Gos out in the garden on saturday morning and three magpies came to mob her. so I put some lead in the nearest ones head and she had a warm breakfast!
To say she lapped it up is somewhat of an understatement.
Slightly off thread but I thought someone might care to know 8)

[Darren]

thats what i was going to do to the magpies but every time i get the rifle out the bleeders fly to cover

[ColdZero]

collared doves are my no.1 enemy, and i find them much easier to shoot

[Saker-Clive]

collared doves are my no.1 enemy, and i find them much easier to shoot

I hope you freeze for a month or so before feeding your birds with them. They are the most common cause of frounce!!!!

[Tim Laycock]

thats what i was going to do to the magpies but every time i get the rifle out the bleeders fly to cover
I was sat in the conservatory shooting through the double doors.

[ColdZero]

collared doves are my no.1 enemy, and i find them much easier to shoot

I hope you freeze for a month or so before feeding your birds with them. They are the most common cause of frounce!!!!

i froze the wings, and gave it to my ferret

[Saker-Clive]

:wink: good boy! They will be fine for the birds providing that they are frozen first, the same goes with pigeon.

[Tim Laycock]

i froze the wings, and gave it to my ferret
Pervert! :lol: :wink:

[Saker-Clive]

:shock: :twisted: :shock: :lol;