My parents have frequent sparrowhawk attacks in their garden, a consequence of their eleven billion bird feeders leading to thriving bird populations (their resident bullfinches and male & female black caps are a favourite). The way they see it, they are just feeding the sparrowhawks at a degree of separation - they feed the birds to feed the birds as it were. It's mostly the big stupid pigeons that buy it anyway, the idiots.
Yeah. That’s how I see it. Sparrowhawks were almost wiped out so they deserve their place. They only survive where there’s a lot of food for them so they never really deplete the larder! Always very special to see too.
My parents have frequent sparrowhawk attacks in their garden, a consequence of their eleven billion bird feeders leading to thriving bird populations (their resident bullfinches and male & female black caps are a favourite). The way they see it, they are just feeding the sparrowhawks at a degree of separation - they feed the birds to feed the birds as it were. It's mostly the big stupid pigeons that buy it anyway, the idiots.