StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: bird of prey

An updated chart - produced by the Glaslyn project" showing the breeding success of MrsG at Glaslyn, North Wales. Since 2004 she has produced 50 chicks, some of which have survived to breed themselves - indeed, there are now some "great grand chicks" that have been re-sighted [well, one seen in Senegal in 2022]. So, MrsG has hatched 50 chicks with two different males ... Of these 16 have been known to survive to breeding age [or their first out-migration]. Between them, they have produced approximately 130 chicks [the grand-chicks]. of these, five are known to have bred, producing a dozen great grand chicks [one of which was seen in Senegal in 2022]. Bear in mind, not every chick is ringed, and not every breeding pair is monitored - the "net" has some very large holes in it - there are something like 250 breeding pairs in the UK alone. [and not every chick returns to breed in the UK, some migrate / breed in other areas of Europe]. That is an exceptional achievement ! NOT MY IMAGE : FAIR USE & PUBLIC INFORMATION

We had a surprise visitor - a Sparrowhawk. (Accipiter nisus) From the size & colouring, I suspect that this is a male. He perched on the birdtable roof, but stayed only a few minutes before flying off at some speed. I managed to get just a few images ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_sparrowhawk I'm taking the appearance of such an apex predator as a sign that there is a good small bird population locally ...

We had a surprise visitor - a Sparrowhawk. (Accipiter nisus) From the size & colouring, I suspect that this is a male. He perched on the birdtable roof, but stayed only a few minutes before flying off at some speed. I managed to get just a few images ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_sparrowhawk I'm taking the appearance of such an apex predator as a sign that there is a good small bird population locally ...

Sparrowhawk having a breather on top of the bird table / feeder. We had a surprise visitor - a Sparrowhawk. (Accipiter nisus) From the size & colouring, I suspect that this is a male. He perched on the birdtable roof, but stayed only a few minutes before flying off at some speed. I managed to get just a few images ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_sparrowhawk I'm taking the appearance of such an apex predator as a sign that there is a good small bird population locally ...

We had a surprise visitor - a Sparrowhawk. (Accipiter nisus) - looking straight at the camera ! From the size & colouring, I suspect that this is a male. He perched on the birdtable roof, but stayed only a few minutes before flying off at some speed. I managed to get just a few images ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_sparrowhawk I'm taking the appearance of such an apex predator as a sign that there is a good small bird population locally ...

We had a surprise visitor - a Sparrowhawk. (Accipiter nisus) From the size & colouring, I suspect that this is a male. He perched on the birdtable roof, but stayed only a few minutes before flying off at some speed. I managed to get just a few images ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_sparrowhawk I'm taking the appearance of such an apex predator as a sign that there is a good small bird population locally ...