Amazing nature photography of the British sparrowhawk bird - David Attenborough - BBC wildlife

[Dextiny]

these birds are like the initial D of birds

[LiverbirdsBeakLfc]

Had to rescue one from my garden the other day, it went head first in my bush, after chasing a chaffinch. Quality birds!!

[bnpsucks]

amazing, and wow! Superb picture clips of a beautiful bird in it's flight in a woodland area. Just wish it was longer. Five stars

[accipiternisus01]

i would have thought small british birds up to the size of a pigeon,are more afraid of the sparrow hawk than the cat .fantastic birds they are .the starlings clicking call lets you know they are about if you miss em .shame the clips crap.

[687bacon]

i've 2 out the back in our field they squark all day one tried to pull one off our chickens though the chain link fence! unlucky!! also saw about 30 buzzards a few weeks back over the park high in the sky and about the same amount of herons never seen so many nesting in the trees wood peckers are common and have also seen alot of grass snakes this year

[crystalblue63]

gorgeous bird

[Undunna]

Ooh thoose are same bird what lives in Finland. In our backyard :D Yees cool.

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[BarneyEire0900]

I spotted what i thought was a sparrow hawk today as i was ploghing for corn,but after seeing this video,im not so sure it were a sparow hawk,a little bigger then a rook..Could it of bein a female,I know there considerably bigger

[traplican]

My wife and me have been bought our house some years ago. When we unloaded some small things from the car, a small bird (sparrow) and behind it a a sparrowhawk flied throuh the car. They flied by one open door inside and opposite door outside the car.

[daveuncut]

@traplican the past tense of 'fly' is flew. i was hoping you were a child who may one day improve. you are not. I am sad.

[traplican]

@daveuncut Excuse my English. I am not a child but a foreigner with bad English.

[absoltrainer]

I once saw a mal Sparrowhawk, chase and kill a Pigeon just a few meters from me my fiancee and the kids, there were also bikers watching too (every one of us were amazed). It was the best 5mins I'd seen of a bird of prey in action.

[blobby1972]

i love the quality vid especially when the picture brakes up into preity square formations

[falcoperegrinus82]

@blobby1972 lol

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[Lobatchose]

Best British Channel

[anipeura]

there is some really unnerving digital feedback beneath Attenborough's voice in some of these clips. Is anyone else really bothered by that? Thanks any way, the more Attenborough the better.

[Jayido]

Is this clip from The Life of Birds?

[glynchandeliers]

Thank fuck for that: I thought it was going to kill the robin for a sec, which would be like killing Christmas in my book.

[sogood1111]

Brilliant humorous comment, brilliant!

[unicinctus]

my comment doesnt seem to be in the right place... was in reply to philbiglicks.

[HeadDominion]

such wonderful footage!

[bluR2D2]

It's like the small version of Philippine eagle which hunts almost the same way in dense forests.

[rivelino70]

What series is this from?

[sneekix]

attenbourough is the best. national geographic could learn a thing or two from him.

[unicinctus]

sparrow hawks only do well where song birds do well.. if you havent got a local sparrow hawk eating the birds in your garden, then it means that the song birds are not doing well and therefor you have a problem! you have to be pretty thick not to realise that! and even thicker to shoot sparrow hawks. hope you get arrested soon.

[ROJSAHAN]

great video but sparrow hawk more great

[Starclusters]

The sparrowhawk tends to first 'punch' or 'bash' the blue tit or sparrow before to stun the songbird. It will then make a few stabs with bill and take off with bird in talons

[kokumaru]

actually-all accipiter kill with there feet-sometimes eating there prey alive to kill it...

[defensormaldito]

The quality of this video is terribly...

[blueshiftX]

GO PREDATORS! KILL THE WEAK!

[ImperatorMortis]

That's a very 'Sieg Heil' attitude you got there.

[hcjochem]

It does look better on DVD... The BBC rules... Big time.

[TrevGFC]

Great video. That's some flying talent.

[whitneypimptress]

i like how they caught the bird going through the trees and stuff in the air. Thought that was pretty cool.

[megzyla]

geez, such scary eyes, i saw one of these birds (it also couldv'e been a peregrine that live nearby) catch a pidgeon on the roundabout that i wa driving around, amazing, such power and so quick! there were feathers EVERY where!

[mireah]

wow thanks for poping my life long hero up on here for me to now introduce to my 6 year old son.

[ToPBuZz100]

There are no better producers of this kind of film photography than the BBC.

Simply awesome.

[cel86]

If ever the earth gets destroyed, or humanity goes extinct, I think a good time capsule would be all of David Attenboroughs work, plus all Desmond Morris'.

[mjimih]

well i for one appreiciate that you posted this thanks.

[bradjustinen]

why is the video compression quality so horrible on some of these BBC videos. Shame on you BBC. Even my videos are better quality