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Old 06-04-09, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Flying Peach View Post
My Wife sent me a text at work to say there is a Gosshawk in the garden eating a pigeon. I had my doubts at first but she had taken a picture of it through the kitchen window. I went outside later in the evening with a torch to find a skull and feathers from the pigeon.
Dean
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Hi there, could you post the photo to let us have a look?

A Goshawk would be a highly unlikely bird to be hunting in gardens, it's more likely to be a large female Sparrowhawk, although I've been around birds long enough not to say never

Cheers, John
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