Apologies for the poor quality of the video photos. I went to make a cup of coffee earlier this afternoon and saw a pile of feathers under the apple tree. My first thought was that Stella had tackled a dove on the ground, but immediately saw movement and realised that a female sparrowhawk had taken a collared dove, probably from within the elder tree, since there were feathers stuck to the branches from about 6 feet high down to ground level. A was a little too squeamish to stay once he realised that the dove wasn't killed immediately, but I stayed and watched her pretty constantly for the best part of an hour and a half (well, it beats the Grand Prix)
I have a grainy video too, but YouTube's not playing ball at the moment so you are spared that joy...
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We once saved a baby bat that had got it's fur caught in its chin, whenever we see bats in the garden we think, that one's ours...
Just tagged you for a meme btw. AND will be coming by very soon to pick your brain re nativities...
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