Its true. He can't kill the hawk because he's smart enough to know that it's hoe nature works. It's called the food chain. How about when our fellow humans kill chickens or cows or pigs for their meat? Everything is a cycle.
I am a bit unsure about this vid as i Like both Sparrowhawks and Magpies, saying that Spaarowhawks are awesome hunters, i often see a male and a female hunting in my garden. Some of us think nature can be harsh and unforgiving but that Sparrowhwk caught the Magpie for a reason it needed to eat and poosibly to feed her young in the nest, us humans are the only species on this planet to kill for fun.
Great bit of film! I saw my first sparrowhawk in the garden today, its nice to see they're making a comeback in Sussex. (I live in East Sussex) I thought my cats and the foxes had been at the woodies but aparantely not :)
That's nature. Things die - painfully & slowly. Can't handle it? Well - not everybody can handle reality but do me a favour and spare the people living in the real world your weak, emotional reaction. Thanks. Great video btw - what a powerful & majestic predator.
So you think it wasn't aware of you or you deny that human presence doesn't have any effect on a bird of prey? Incredible. I've learned and experienced otherwise...
What I would have done? I don't know in this case as I have no idea how this situation came about. I just find it very unusual to say the least. Certainly I don't film birds hunting birds as I'm neither an onlooker nor do I want to interfere in any way as long as it is indeed ''nature's course'' and does not occur on my property.
@newcome880 Of course its unusual!!! Thats what makes it a great piece of film!! I dont usually film birds either. You only need to see my other videos on here to see what I usually do! Can't make out if your critisising my video or just curious.
@bigcatdetective ahh - dont think it did. There was a comotion in the bush - i thought it was a cat, i went to look, pulled back the branch and was face to face with the hawk with magpie in its claws. They then fell to the ground, and a ran off.... to get the cameras. Also, there was a big cat "bloke" at ditchling common earlier in the year who asked me about photographing big cats and if i ever saw anything - wonder if that was you
@eddiehowland Thanks for the feedback,they are tough birds tose hawks.I was at Ditchling cmmn earlier this year,don,t think it was me,i do talk to a lot of people but usually remember .Might know who it was though as it,s a very small world .Checked out your website ,your fire service filming looks good,have also done a little bit of stringing news that i,ve come across for Meridian and BBC,last one was a yacht rescue in may off the marina.......
i was on my street with my dog about 2hours ago and on the top of a tree at the end of my street was a bird, i could tell it was some bird of prey because it was kinda like a pigeon but it was sat straight up rather than with its back on an angle like a pigeon... then it flew straight over me and because of my pest and predator section of my gamekeeping course at college i knew it was a sparrow hawk amazing creature i was waiting for it to take a bird away but there were some pigeons
my guess is this is a juvinelle sparrowhawk , because she looks very stumped at how to finish her prey. I do feel sorry for the magpie espicially for such a stressful death but such is nature and my guess would be if the spoarrowhawk didnt manages to finish this kill shed die due to the energy wasted
Good thing you didn`t interfere! A magpie is pretty much the biggest prey a sparrowhawk can handle, so it`s really a touch & go if it can actually make the kill. And usually younger, desperate (female) hawks will go for it by the time they start to fend for themselves. Chasing it away would mean almost certain death for the hawk, as it spends a huge amount of energy on a chase like this.
Thanks for uploading. I have no love of magpies. I'm a hunter and they're my quarry of choice. The things those birds do to songbirds and vulnerable animals would make most people puke. I'm just wondering why the hawk chose the maggie as a meal? Magpies are notorious for putting up a good fight and attacking in gangs. Good quality video though.
That little Accipiter nissus, aka English Sparrow Hawk, is an immature bird trying to survive away from its parents, during its first months after they drove it away. For an any Sparrow Hawk to attack and hold such a relatively large quarry is an indication that for either one the situation is a matter of life or death. For the Sparrow Hawk to be so desperate as to attack such a relatively large and quarrelsome quarry, it must be near starvation. Losing this magpie would be it's death knell.
@stefanito18 "YOU SUCKS" .... hmmm very constructive. You havent really thought this through have you. If I helped the Magpie, the sparrowhawk would starve.. hows that helping? I say AGAIN... IT'S NATURE, IT HAPPENNS, EVERY DAY. We shouldn't interfere!!
@newcome880 recording it is not interfering. The outcome would have been the same if i was there or not. Filming this had no effect whatsoever on what you see here
there it notices you, possibly irritated, making the suffering of the magpie longer than necessary
time index 1:35 , here you can see it's even irritated by the bell (or whatever caused the sound in the background)
time index 2:42, you can see a flash light in the eye of the sparrowhawk, maybe that of your camera? If so, he's probably even used to you, i.e. may be you are a falconer? Could explain why it lets you that close. If yes,
you know what this would be. If no then the sparrowhawk is definitely aware of you and hence you're interfering with what's happening - even if in a passive way.
btw, recording IS interfering. I've filmed a lot of birds including birds of prey and I know for sure that when they are aware of you they'll change their behavior, even if it's only a bit. A hawk has pretty good eyes - if you see it (unless you/ your camera is hidden very well) you can be sure it sees you, too.
@newcome880 A bird like that is constantly looking around everywhere - they are very alert. "bell or whatever" in the background was nothing to do with me.
Flashlight in the eye - this was shot on video - flash is still photography. no external lighting was used whatsoever.As for your last comment, it was a wild bird, it didnt "know me" i an a cameraman not a "falconer". Why did it let me this close - easy answer - i am a cameraman and very skilled at what i do.
@newcome880 ... and why do you seem so aggrieved at this video? It happened in front of me. I am a cameraman. right place, right time. What would you have done? and I DID NOT INTERFERE.
These hawks have one flaw (for us squeamish humans anyway) and that is they don't catch and kill their prey... they just catch and eat it, regardless of it still being alive. Nature is nature, but I'd like to see hawks kill their prey and THEN eat them.
this is young magpie not full size yet...probably couple weeks old ...i dont think he would be able to killl adult...since he got that much problems wit chick...
@leopoldville1 with you on this one, detestable birds (I know it's only nature, doesn't make them any more likeable though) nice to see one on the recieving end!
In Sussex? Good heavens, what is the world coming to?
No, magpies are different, Wadgie, they do a great deal of killing themselves. Sadly, the photographer failed to notice the row of songbirds shouting encouragement to the sparrowhawk before clearing off smartly as it finishes its meal.
Excellent camera work - it's great to see nature taking its course without voice-overs or sentimental musak. Richard Attenborough has got some top competition!
I live in Germany and the magpies are bullying their way through the gardens here. All the other birds fly away and the magpies have decimated a family of sparrows, so it's quite refreshing to see a sparrowhawk being able to kill a magpie. I thought they had no natural enemies (in terms of birds).
@MrWenlock765 Why??? Then the Sparrowhawk would have gone without it's meal. So wouldnt that have been just as cruel. Let nature take it's course. We shouldn't interfere.
That is quite an incredible film, well done for capturing it. I must admit I felt sorry for the Magpie, but no way would I have intervened if I had saw that happening, it is nature taking it's course. As others have mentioned, Magpies will eat a nest of baby Blackbirds alive, so it's all fair. I do intervene if I see cats attacking birds in my garden though, as cats are introduced by us, and also fed by us. Plus it's my garden, so I can do as I please.
the sparrow hawk sometimes referred to as a chicken/coopers hawk is a predator!meaning it kills2eat it is armed with weaponry the magpie cannot compete with claws meant to grip&punish its prey&a flesh tearing beak comparable2most birds of prey such bald eagles&goshawks along with the mentality of a hunter aggressive&instinctively driven2hunt for a meal or to feed its young! the magpie on the otherhand is more of a scavenger yes it will occasionaly hunt small prey but is inferior2the bird of prey
nice video well made, ignore the inbred bud they are all over the net, he says he is not thick but makes spelling mistakes constantly, its not worth conversing with someone like that just block him..
@BEALZABOZO Thanks for that. But it was shot on an average camera - I just know how to use it. It's like saying A good book must have been written on a good typewriter. Or a nice cake must have been baked in a good oven.
@eddiehowland After watching the entire clip, I wondered how it ended--looked almost like a stalemate? Nice camera work, appreciate the video and audio.
@eddiehowland Well, not really surprised, the little hawk had a good grip. I think what surprises people is something this close to a stalemate. Most of us think of a predator as taking something it can take easily. Those two birds were about the same size and the magpie had a pretty decent looking beak itself. I guess it is no different than the film I saw of a big bear taking a Moose--no quick kill there either, and it was "touch and go" for a while there.
@jimquantic The hawk was really winning all the time. The magpie was struggling all the time and the hawk effortlessly just sat on him. Some people say it was a young hawk as it took so long to kill it.
Wow, this sparrowhawk got some balls, it looks smaller than that magpie,and the magpie's beak is 3 times larger than the hawk's and still this latter displays great technique to stay out of its reach !! Do sparowhawks usually feed on magpies, or this is really an exception ??
Anyway, THANKS for posting this, mother nature is amazing and for once, it looks like it was a pro cameraman who film this !
Wow, this sparrowhawk got some balls, it looks smaller than that magpie,and the magpie's beak is 3 times larger than the hawk's and still this latter displays great technique to stay out of its reach !! Do sparowhawks usually feed on magpies, or this is really an exception ??
Anyway, THANKS for posting this, mother nature is amazing !!
Of all the raptors the sparrow hawk is by far the cruellest. Every other raptor kills its prey first, whereas the sparrow hawk catches its prey then proceeds to eat it alive.
Its catch/prey dies an agonising death.
I have never seen a sparow hawk take a magpie, their most common diet is wood pigeon.
i hate magpies .iv got two little finches in a large cage .i put them out in the nice weather .today i herd a lot of flapping going on .....a magpie was trying to attack them ..they are ok now ...BASTARD HORRID BIRDS
A lot of hate for magpies here! I enjoy them. Beautiful coats, and great character. He's the only bird that's picky enough to grab the food we put out for the birds and dunk it in the bird bath to soften it up! I understand people's dislike of them raiding birds' nests though. Great to watch. But birds of prey are my favourite birds. I see them circling above often here, but have only seen them in the garden 2/3 times.
BTW - the sparrowhawk here looks wild. This honestly happens in the UK.
Sorry to say that, but it shows how little you know about the world around you. THIS IS 100% NATURAL! Female sparrowhawk is completely capable of taking down a pray the size of an adult dove. It catches magpies and blackbirds too. The male sparrowhawk is smaller and prays on sparrows, finches, robins etc. That is called sexual dimorphism, so the famale and male don't compete between eachother over food and can provide more of it for their chicks.
@faranick1 Unfortunatly, for one animal to live, another has to die. Thats natures balancing act. I'm sorry you cant take that in. If it offends you, dont watch. If you want to comment in future, please try and express yourself without swearing. It's not big and its not clever.
@eddiehowland Your words arnt big and clever either. I saved a magpie yesterday and yannoe what? it has a broken neck and im heart broken because it's not fair, my cat had it and yet it still fights for survival your a sick fuck you fucking piece of shit watching a hawk kill a magpie why not save it? oh i know why! so you could get some FUCKING VIEWS ON YOUTUBE YOU FAT CUNT. How fucking dare you watch somthing die like that you fucking repulsive little prick!
@hezzov12 Hi. Yr welcome to your opinion, but do you think it's possible to message on hear without the crude, vile language please, or is that a little beyond you?
Nature is cruel. Thats life. I am a cameraman. Nothing to do with youtube hits. Thats what I do. In nature, for one animal to survive another must die. Thats the food chain. Obviously too much for you to understand. Who am I to stop it or mess it up? Would you stop a spider eating a fly? Or a bird pulling a worm from the ground?
@hezzov12 Secondly, would it have been fair for me to interfere and have the hawk starve? He cant just go to the supermarket and get a ready made meal you know!! Your cat was doing what came naturally, just like the hawk. YOU were in the wrong for stopping it, yet I dont insult you. I wish do gooders like you understood how nature works, but you cant. So I suggest you go run to mummy, she will make it beter! (Did you notice how I was sarcastic and insulted you then without swearing) .
@eddiehowland Ok first of listen dont you dare say I was in the wrong for saving a life, yes nature may work like that but it is SICK for filming it. Why the hell would you want to film a bird killing another bird? What is wrong with you did mummy beat you as a kid? And now you're taking your anger out of birds? And yes if that is your careerer then that is your choice but I personally disagree with filming it. And that magpie lived so screw you.
@hezzov12 Are you really that thick that you just don't get it? I will try to explain it again (without using big words). As a cameraman, I record whats happenning, I OBSERVE - It's not up to me to interfere. If we did, the food chain would soon be screwed up. Can't you understand that? Nature is cruel, Who am I to stop it. To stop the hawk feeding would be just as cruel to the hawk. How do you think things survive in the wild? Nature is cruel. Accept it. Do you eat meat?
@eddiehowland Actually no I am not thick at all I go A*'s and B's so that answers that question, And I am just saying in MY opinion that FILMING is wrong but on the other hand nature is somthing that happens and obviously it must happen but MY CAT dose not need a bird to live? so I saved its life there is nothing wrong with that. I am NOT saying it is wrong that you did not save the magpies life, im simply saying it's wrong in MY opinion to film it.
@hezzov12 Why is it so wrong to film it? By seeing things like this is how we learn. I didnt do anything wrong, i just documented what happenned. The BBC spend hundreds of thousands getting footage a lot more bloodthirsty than this so people can learn and see how things really happen. Are they wrong? Should we all live in ignorance? I an sorry that you just dont grasp what this film is about.
@hezzov12 Do you eat meat? How do you think it gets on yr plate? It has to be killed. Wild animals dont have the luxury of going to tescos. This is a facinating piece of footage, and if your too dam stupid to see it, i suggest you dont keep comming on here with your idiotic do gooder ideas. I say again, Its natures balancing act - for one animal to survive another must die. LIVE WITH IT. IT HAPPENNS ALL AROUND YOU EVERY DAY.
@hezzov12 Why?..its happed in what looks like to be his backyard. It was a natural kill not staged or set up by some sicko like I have seen other clips on Youtube were people are focing animals to fight and National Geographics does it all the time. I am not flamming you I just want to see your point of view. What is the problem with this?
@maven21 But why film it? so you can get some views on youtube? Why would you want to watch somthing die and get eaten! It dosent make sense at all in my honest opinion. And yes that may be nature and natural but again why film it?
@hezzov12 I agree, someone should have run outside with a tray of tea and biscuits tried to mediate, see if they could have resolved their differences. By the way, ever seen a Magpie chomp down a nest of chicks. It's nature. Nature is cruel. Its the survival of the fittest and though it is gruesome to watch it is a good observation of nature in the raw. If David Attenborough had filmed it, it would be documentary. There's always the OFF button!
@hezzov12 Better question is,why did YOU watch? You read the title? Second, so you disagree with National Geographic, Discovery channel,or any of the other edcational nature shows and high quality documentaries? Look I see your point and there are definately some people who post some outright brutal stuff or they set up animals to fight. This is not the case this person showed a natural act in his backyard that is not a common occurance.Nature teaches in all its forms not just the "pretty" ones
@hezzov12 for example a magpie is a strong, intelligent bird they often travel in pairs or groups and its hard to hunt one. So for a young sparrowhawk to kill one is remarkable as they normally go for smaller prey. So what does this mean? Is the normal prey for the sparrowwhawk no longer in abundance if not why? Is there too much urban development is it forced to change it feeding habits what does that mean for humans? are there more rodents around hiding in development? lots of lessons
@hezzov12 I think really a better question is "why NOT film it". If we study the natural world, we see all kinds of things, this one is of course cruel--nature is "natural" but of course sometimes cruel. But the other big question, is, if you object, why do YOU watch? Honestly, there are better who do not need to view it--or prefer not to--but there are those that live in a utopia fantasy, who really need to see it, to understand how "it really works"; that induces reflection and thought.
@hezzov12 Did you see all the video? If not, how can you comment? If you did see it all, then how could you say "How fucking dare you watch somthing die like that you fucking repulsive little prick" ???
@eddiehowland Oh only because it's in the title? "Sparrow hawk takes out magpie" and then looking at every single comment. for example from faranick1 at the top he put "fuck you and this fucking domestic hawk , i hope u die slow like that bird" I am not a sick fuck like you mate watching somthing die you need to go get checked for a mental illness i think.
@hezzov12 So you think all wildlife cameramen are sick and mental then do you? What about programms like BBC documentaries where you see lions ripping animals appart? They spend thousands in getting those images. What about emergency service photographers? Filming burning buildings, etc. peoples houses, work places, busisnesses, Suppose you think thats bad too? Well, if you do tough, cos I do that too. ITS MY JOB. How would you like it if I was so abusive about whatever it is you do?
Eddie, outstanding video!! That was nature at it's finest! That magpie put up a hell of a fight for sure!! I assume the hawk won out in the end and got it's meal. You must have been on top of those birds to get those great close-ups! Well done!
No I dont eat meat you fools.I also dont believe the lies you all so desperately hold close to your hearts, from years of brainwashing as children. You cant even accept the possibility that anything exists outside of your tiny little box. Most of you spell like 3 year olds so I dont know how you even manged to read my comment in the first place. Maybe you found someone to read it for you? Oh I am sorry I should just turn on tv and shutup right. Nothing worse than one of those "thinker" types :/
It looks like a young Magpie, but serves him right. I've seen Magpies raiding a black bird nest in my garden... I'd like to see a few cats get eaten too - they're even bgger c**t's.
@Cancerape Your right there m8, this is justice, but nature, & great to see a magpie getting murdered, i hate magpies, they make an awful racket & to see them killing baby songbirds in the back garden is upsetting but this is sweet revenge, great video capture!!!
It takes a good few minutes to kill the magpie i thought it would be just a few second. Some people may not like to see it and would chase the sparrowhawk away but we all need to eat.
great vid ,seeing one of the biggest killers of song birds being taken by sparrow hawk just make me think just one more i aint got to shoot wel done ,raptor verses thatcher =raptor no1
One of the most fascinating videos I have ever seen on youtube. I felt bad for the magpie mostly because it was a slow and painful death. The hawk was just beautiful with those incredible eyes. Humans prey on other humans in different ways but are even more vicious than that hawk because they do it out of greed. The hawk is just trying to survive.
A sparrowhawk had a magpie in my back yard last week, i was very surprised the hawk downed it as they are equal sizes. all the other birds were going crazy in the trees. I was waiting for the magpie to retaliate and escape but it did not
some might say that if it was a male sparrowhawk the to might be evenly matched eventhough the female is bigger it would have been a long struggle and for all of those ppl saying kill the hawk or shame magpies should all be killed its just whats been happening for millions of years just because the magpie and sparrowhawk population are rising and songbirds are declining has pretty much nothing to do with each other
I've seen sparrow-hawks killing pigeons in my garden, but never a Magpie.
Magpies are actually superior animals to sparrow-hawks. The magpie is the second most intelligent of all birds (after the jackdaw). It's comparable in intelligence to some primates.
i really can't see your reasoning for the magpie being far superior to the sparrow-hawk mind you!
The sparrow-hawk can hover at heights of up to 100m and still be able to see prey as small as voles on the ground, being able to swoop in on them in seconds. What the fuck does a magpie do apart from steal things?
Magpies are one of the most intelligent animals in the world. Sparrow-hawks are good at flying and hunting, but only by English standards - there are much more impressive hunting birds in the world. There are few if any birds more intelligent than the magpie (although the same is true for the whole corvid family).
@PseudoApollodorus Actually, New Caledonian crows and Kea birds are believed to be the worlds smartest. Allthough they lack some of the features of one, new caledonian crows have proved to outsmart chimps in several tests.
IF HE'S SO SUPERIOR THEN WHY DID HE GET EATEN???? Jk. Can you cite your sources which say that magpies have comparable intelligence to primates? Not trying to hate, but I'm actually interested in reading them,
I can't quite work out how, with London plagued by pigeons, magpies, and now parakeets, we don't have more of these to keep these pests down. You'd think the food supply would lead to an increase in their numbers.
sparrowhawk: 00:40 , nothing to see here ma'm. move along!
magpie: SAVE ME SAVE ME!
true thou. its how nature goes.best not mess with whats natural.
SuperFee1990 6 hours ago
I am very superstitious about magpies, so I am glad to see this! (not to the end though, I am a little squeamish :P) but still great filming!!
HannahrKessler 15 hours ago
Its true. He can't kill the hawk because he's smart enough to know that it's hoe nature works. It's called the food chain. How about when our fellow humans kill chickens or cows or pigs for their meat? Everything is a cycle.
XvalzioX 1 day ago
WHY DONT YOU KILL THE SPARROWHAWK?!
reaper616116 6 days ago
@reaper616116 because it's only doing what it needs to survive. Thats how it works. It cant just pop into Tesco and pick up an oven ready Magpie!!
It's doing this to eat, to survive!
eddiehowland 5 days ago
I am a bit unsure about this vid as i Like both Sparrowhawks and Magpies, saying that Spaarowhawks are awesome hunters, i often see a male and a female hunting in my garden. Some of us think nature can be harsh and unforgiving but that Sparrowhwk caught the Magpie for a reason it needed to eat and poosibly to feed her young in the nest, us humans are the only species on this planet to kill for fun.
lullie01 6 days ago
Great bit of film! I saw my first sparrowhawk in the garden today, its nice to see they're making a comeback in Sussex. (I live in East Sussex) I thought my cats and the foxes had been at the woodies but aparantely not :)
nosmallo 1 week ago
That's nature. Things die - painfully & slowly. Can't handle it? Well - not everybody can handle reality but do me a favour and spare the people living in the real world your weak, emotional reaction. Thanks. Great video btw - what a powerful & majestic predator.
GLOKD 1 week ago 5
@GLOKD Thanks for that. Apreciated.
eddiehowland 1 week ago
GRRR! there was a magpie in my porch and i went to help it attack me!
AngelinaQuineche 2 weeks ago
The hawk got smart at 3:28 and closed that thing's mouth.
technologick1183 2 weeks ago
Looking at quite a few of your other videos there . .
You are not ' Eddie the Arsonist ' by any chance are you. . .?? haha !!
flamesfromblazer 2 weeks ago
Hawk: This is for bullying me and my peoples in lunchline! You black-and-white-motherfucker....
Magpie: My nig-...ninja.....whas percolatin fam? We still tight right?
Hawk: !?!!??!? Don't talk Mowfucka jus bleed.
4:18
Strugglin..............like yo mamma did lass night.
.......................Like a B!tch.
vicetube 2 weeks ago
Excellent video, well shot!
JimTLonW6 3 weeks ago
So you think it wasn't aware of you or you deny that human presence doesn't have any effect on a bird of prey? Incredible. I've learned and experienced otherwise...
What I would have done? I don't know in this case as I have no idea how this situation came about. I just find it very unusual to say the least. Certainly I don't film birds hunting birds as I'm neither an onlooker nor do I want to interfere in any way as long as it is indeed ''nature's course'' and does not occur on my property.
newcome880 1 month ago
@newcome880 Of course its unusual!!! Thats what makes it a great piece of film!! I dont usually film birds either. You only need to see my other videos on here to see what I usually do! Can't make out if your critisising my video or just curious.
eddiehowland 1 month ago
Rare footage,very interesting and well filmed.Would of liked to of seen the flight though.......
bigcatdetective 1 month ago
@bigcatdetective what do you mean, you'd have liked to see the flight?
eddiehowland 1 month ago
@eddiehowland When the sparrowhawk caught the young magpie in flight,assuming that is what it did......
bigcatdetective 1 month ago
@bigcatdetective ahh - dont think it did. There was a comotion in the bush - i thought it was a cat, i went to look, pulled back the branch and was face to face with the hawk with magpie in its claws. They then fell to the ground, and a ran off.... to get the cameras. Also, there was a big cat "bloke" at ditchling common earlier in the year who asked me about photographing big cats and if i ever saw anything - wonder if that was you
eddiehowland 1 month ago
@eddiehowland Thanks for the feedback,they are tough birds tose hawks.I was at Ditchling cmmn earlier this year,don,t think it was me,i do talk to a lot of people but usually remember .Might know who it was though as it,s a very small world .Checked out your website ,your fire service filming looks good,have also done a little bit of stringing news that i,ve come across for Meridian and BBC,last one was a yacht rescue in may off the marina.......
bigcatdetective 1 month ago
@bigcatdetective stuped
honduras19732010 1 month ago
@honduras19732010 Que?Stupid,not stuped,stupid...
bigcatdetective 1 month ago
And magpies eat songbirds and chicks. I would interfere if I saw that happening.
leestephenj 1 month ago
I saw a sparrow hawk take a collared dove in my back garden yesterday. I was gonna interfere but didnt, Its nature.
leestephenj 1 month ago
and seagulls scaring it off
mikeyduke10 1 month ago
i was on my street with my dog about 2hours ago and on the top of a tree at the end of my street was a bird, i could tell it was some bird of prey because it was kinda like a pigeon but it was sat straight up rather than with its back on an angle like a pigeon... then it flew straight over me and because of my pest and predator section of my gamekeeping course at college i knew it was a sparrow hawk amazing creature i was waiting for it to take a bird away but there were some pigeons
mikeyduke10 1 month ago
Sparrowhawk used chokehold. IT WAS SUPER EFFECTIVE
One hit KO!
TheBansic 1 month ago
my guess is this is a juvinelle sparrowhawk , because she looks very stumped at how to finish her prey. I do feel sorry for the magpie espicially for such a stressful death but such is nature and my guess would be if the spoarrowhawk didnt manages to finish this kill shed die due to the energy wasted
XxflightfeathersxX 1 month ago
for one human to survive - another must die. I woul fuck that sparrowshit, throw a rock and splash his head
bogusiek 1 month ago
Am i the only one thinking " FINISH HIM !" ?
Michaelmogens91 1 month ago
Good thing you didn`t interfere! A magpie is pretty much the biggest prey a sparrowhawk can handle, so it`s really a touch & go if it can actually make the kill. And usually younger, desperate (female) hawks will go for it by the time they start to fend for themselves. Chasing it away would mean almost certain death for the hawk, as it spends a huge amount of energy on a chase like this.
Astral1980 1 month ago
Thanks for uploading. I have no love of magpies. I'm a hunter and they're my quarry of choice. The things those birds do to songbirds and vulnerable animals would make most people puke. I'm just wondering why the hawk chose the maggie as a meal? Magpies are notorious for putting up a good fight and attacking in gangs. Good quality video though.
HecterPlasmic 1 month ago
That little Accipiter nissus, aka English Sparrow Hawk, is an immature bird trying to survive away from its parents, during its first months after they drove it away. For an any Sparrow Hawk to attack and hold such a relatively large quarry is an indication that for either one the situation is a matter of life or death. For the Sparrow Hawk to be so desperate as to attack such a relatively large and quarrelsome quarry, it must be near starvation. Losing this magpie would be it's death knell.
r22accipiter 2 months ago
YOU SUCKS! HELP THE BIRD!
stefanito18 2 months ago
@stefanito18 "YOU SUCKS" .... hmmm very constructive. You havent really thought this through have you. If I helped the Magpie, the sparrowhawk would starve.. hows that helping? I say AGAIN... IT'S NATURE, IT HAPPENNS, EVERY DAY. We shouldn't interfere!!
eddiehowland 2 months ago 4
you say we shouldn't interefere. Then why do you film it?
newcome880 1 month ago
@newcome880 recording it is not interfering. The outcome would have been the same if i was there or not. Filming this had no effect whatsoever on what you see here
eddiehowland 1 month ago
time index 0:46 , 2:22 , 3:12
there it notices you, possibly irritated, making the suffering of the magpie longer than necessary
time index 1:35 , here you can see it's even irritated by the bell (or whatever caused the sound in the background)
time index 2:42, you can see a flash light in the eye of the sparrowhawk, maybe that of your camera? If so, he's probably even used to you, i.e. may be you are a falconer? Could explain why it lets you that close. If yes,
newcome880 1 month ago
you know what this would be. If no then the sparrowhawk is definitely aware of you and hence you're interfering with what's happening - even if in a passive way.
btw, recording IS interfering. I've filmed a lot of birds including birds of prey and I know for sure that when they are aware of you they'll change their behavior, even if it's only a bit. A hawk has pretty good eyes - if you see it (unless you/ your camera is hidden very well) you can be sure it sees you, too.
newcome880 1 month ago
@newcome880 A bird like that is constantly looking around everywhere - they are very alert. "bell or whatever" in the background was nothing to do with me.
Flashlight in the eye - this was shot on video - flash is still photography. no external lighting was used whatsoever.As for your last comment, it was a wild bird, it didnt "know me" i an a cameraman not a "falconer". Why did it let me this close - easy answer - i am a cameraman and very skilled at what i do.
eddiehowland 1 month ago
@newcome880 ... and why do you seem so aggrieved at this video? It happened in front of me. I am a cameraman. right place, right time. What would you have done? and I DID NOT INTERFERE.
eddiehowland 1 month ago
i was wondering why that magpie looked small.. its a baby-ish one... look at its head. its got those fur looking feathers on its head
scpheonix 2 months ago
WOW nature is VERY cruel
TITANSMRS 2 months ago
the Sparrowhawk started out try to kill the magpie for food but ended up just try to shut it up.
crazyxela135 2 months ago
@crazyxela135 I noticed the hawk had a talon down the magpie's beak...it's a wonder some feral cat didn't come a rrunning
ekjjr1962 2 months ago
What a beautiful bird of prey.
powertecjamie 2 months ago
These hawks have one flaw (for us squeamish humans anyway) and that is they don't catch and kill their prey... they just catch and eat it, regardless of it still being alive. Nature is nature, but I'd like to see hawks kill their prey and THEN eat them.
MrDenizen 2 months ago
Sparrowhawks are EVIL birds.
johnnycheck99 2 months ago
That´s some seriously good camerawork.
yatter1 2 months ago 4
@yatter1 Thank you very much. You should see the videos i usually do then. some are on here
eddiehowland 2 months ago 2
@eddiehowland I will see what I can see, thanks for your efforts.
yatter1 2 months ago
@eddiehowland i was thinking that exactlymyself, you knew exactly what you were doing and had a nice zoom
benmboard 2 months ago
that is so sad
fortowerdefence 2 months ago
I looks as if the hawk is actually raping her! lol
djEvilDude 3 months ago
STOP BITING ME!
HOLD STILL!!! I'M HUNGRY
D:
shipmaster4000 3 months ago
Nature at it's best.
SissingPyd 3 months ago
@Aerozine50 One day the tables might be turned,and you my friend will meet with a lovely painful death of your own.
KAZUYADOG 3 months ago
this is young magpie not full size yet...probably couple weeks old ...i dont think he would be able to killl adult...since he got that much problems wit chick...
LemurSRB 3 months ago
Damn Nature... U Scary.
TehMaskedWarrior 3 months ago
I hate magpie, they eat other birds chicks and eggs...Now the tables are turned! Good!!!
leopoldville1 3 months ago 8
@leopoldville1 I find it really ironic that your comment completely overlooks the point of this video: it's nature, get over it.
TheMonochromeBird 4 weeks ago
@leopoldville1 with you on this one, detestable birds (I know it's only nature, doesn't make them any more likeable though) nice to see one on the recieving end!
inyourdreamsladdie 2 weeks ago
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Fucking alpha.
TehMarche 3 months ago
1:41 epic staredown!
chilidog106 3 months ago
I would have chased that big mean bird away, letting the poor magpie have its life.
guyNbluejeans 4 months ago
Magpie - ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch
Hawk - BITCH STFU AND LET ME EAT YOU!
xD
gotta love NATURE
CeeEmmz 4 months ago
FFS magpie let it eat its meal in peace!
batterycock 5 months ago
He's like SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LET ME FINISH MY MEAL !!!
looks911 5 months ago
It was a young magpie not so sure it could do the same to an adult
alibalibe100 5 months ago
In Sussex? Good heavens, what is the world coming to?
No, magpies are different, Wadgie, they do a great deal of killing themselves. Sadly, the photographer failed to notice the row of songbirds shouting encouragement to the sparrowhawk before clearing off smartly as it finishes its meal.
Multapunkata 5 months ago
We need some more sparrow hawks in Australia!
Uruyagua 5 months ago
Excellent camera work - it's great to see nature taking its course without voice-overs or sentimental musak. Richard Attenborough has got some top competition!
38dragoon38 5 months ago
i bet the sparrow hawks like shut the FUCK UP and the sparrow hawks my fav pop
thousandson556 5 months ago
there are a few magpie's outside , i wonder what will happen if i putt the volume up so they can here this...
oudzuidNL 5 months ago
If you haven't seen this incredible clip of a sparrowhawk drowning a magpie, search for:
sparrow hawk drowns magpie
here at youtube. Amazing clip.
probablygraham 5 months ago
That's an incredible clip.
I live in Germany and the magpies are bullying their way through the gardens here. All the other birds fly away and the magpies have decimated a family of sparrows, so it's quite refreshing to see a sparrowhawk being able to kill a magpie. I thought they had no natural enemies (in terms of birds).
probablygraham 5 months ago
@mrwenlock765 why be a idiot honestly man up
birdy1timer 5 months ago
U should of scared the sparrow away and shot the magpie
MrWenlock765 5 months ago
@MrWenlock765 Why??? Then the Sparrowhawk would have gone without it's meal. So wouldnt that have been just as cruel. Let nature take it's course. We shouldn't interfere.
eddiehowland 5 months ago 28
@eddiehowland ya know what, i agree.
1MrJACKASS 2 months ago
@MrWenlock765 Don't be an idiot.
kinc1967 5 months ago
@MrWenlock765 you're not funny
cecopiteco 4 months ago
what a brilliant video,.the superiority of the sparrowhawk,.my favourite bird of prey,
mortgagewizard40 6 months ago
its an inexperienced hawk by the look of this film as a more experienced bird would have killed it in a minute or less.......
sherbert500 6 months ago
your slie letting in be in pain y did you not brake the maggpie neck
rand9all 6 months ago
sparrow rapes magpie. lolol
Mzlingling501 6 months ago
That is a young magpie even if in Europe!
norseleague 6 months ago
if i'd have been there i'd have to throw somethin at it to scare it off.
MrJonnyboyification 6 months ago
It really does take its time killing it.
mai1992 6 months ago
That is quite an incredible film, well done for capturing it. I must admit I felt sorry for the Magpie, but no way would I have intervened if I had saw that happening, it is nature taking it's course. As others have mentioned, Magpies will eat a nest of baby Blackbirds alive, so it's all fair. I do intervene if I see cats attacking birds in my garden though, as cats are introduced by us, and also fed by us. Plus it's my garden, so I can do as I please.
AfternoonLemon 6 months ago
the sparrow hawk sometimes referred to as a chicken/coopers hawk is a predator!meaning it kills2eat it is armed with weaponry the magpie cannot compete with claws meant to grip&punish its prey&a flesh tearing beak comparable2most birds of prey such bald eagles&goshawks along with the mentality of a hunter aggressive&instinctively driven2hunt for a meal or to feed its young! the magpie on the otherhand is more of a scavenger yes it will occasionaly hunt small prey but is inferior2the bird of prey
musvlehead 6 months ago
did the maggie die???
TherymasterWidnes 6 months ago
@TherymasterWidnes Yes it did.
eddiehowland 6 months ago
I think that Magpie is really young; still it puts up a good fight.
SecillianOEspanol 6 months ago
DON'T WORRY, THEY WILL MAKE GOOD BABIES(LOL)
TrichbeeT 7 months ago
IT'S GETTING FU**ED..... LOL
TrichbeeT 7 months ago
nice video well made, ignore the inbred bud they are all over the net, he says he is not thick but makes spelling mistakes constantly, its not worth conversing with someone like that just block him..
moonbear 7 months ago
I need that hawk,god dam magpies do my head in,horrible birds. Well shot,must have a decent camera. Well done.
BEALZABOZO 7 months ago
@BEALZABOZO Thanks for that. But it was shot on an average camera - I just know how to use it. It's like saying A good book must have been written on a good typewriter. Or a nice cake must have been baked in a good oven.
eddiehowland 7 months ago
@eddiehowland After watching the entire clip, I wondered how it ended--looked almost like a stalemate? Nice camera work, appreciate the video and audio.
jimquantic 6 months ago
@jimquantic The magpie died I'm afraid.
eddiehowland 6 months ago
@eddiehowland Well, not really surprised, the little hawk had a good grip. I think what surprises people is something this close to a stalemate. Most of us think of a predator as taking something it can take easily. Those two birds were about the same size and the magpie had a pretty decent looking beak itself. I guess it is no different than the film I saw of a big bear taking a Moose--no quick kill there either, and it was "touch and go" for a while there.
jimquantic 6 months ago
@jimquantic The hawk was really winning all the time. The magpie was struggling all the time and the hawk effortlessly just sat on him. Some people say it was a young hawk as it took so long to kill it.
eddiehowland 6 months ago
Wow, this sparrowhawk got some balls, it looks smaller than that magpie,and the magpie's beak is 3 times larger than the hawk's and still this latter displays great technique to stay out of its reach !! Do sparowhawks usually feed on magpies, or this is really an exception ??
Anyway, THANKS for posting this, mother nature is amazing and for once, it looks like it was a pro cameraman who film this !
DonPechito 7 months ago
@DonPechito Thanks for that. Yup, Right place at the right time.... My little back garden! Eddie.
eddiehowland 7 months ago
Wow, this sparrowhawk got some balls, it looks smaller than that magpie,and the magpie's beak is 3 times larger than the hawk's and still this latter displays great technique to stay out of its reach !! Do sparowhawks usually feed on magpies, or this is really an exception ??
Anyway, THANKS for posting this, mother nature is amazing !!
DonPechito 7 months ago
Its a very young magpie to say the least, that is not an adult.
leez92 7 months ago
Of all the raptors the sparrow hawk is by far the cruellest. Every other raptor kills its prey first, whereas the sparrow hawk catches its prey then proceeds to eat it alive.
Its catch/prey dies an agonising death.
I have never seen a sparow hawk take a magpie, their most common diet is wood pigeon.
funkyfid 7 months ago
absolutely brilliant video, thats nature at its best.
mortgagewizard40 8 months ago
ive shot so many magpies.. but wow that poor guy worked hard for his meal!
lubeykoff 8 months ago
Its natural, although cruel. Awesome looking hawk btw. He should finish the kill sooner lol :P
PullTheTricker 8 months ago
i hate magpies .iv got two little finches in a large cage .i put them out in the nice weather .today i herd a lot of flapping going on .....a magpie was trying to attack them ..they are ok now ...BASTARD HORRID BIRDS
bonsaiboy999 8 months ago
A lot of hate for magpies here! I enjoy them. Beautiful coats, and great character. He's the only bird that's picky enough to grab the food we put out for the birds and dunk it in the bird bath to soften it up! I understand people's dislike of them raiding birds' nests though. Great to watch. But birds of prey are my favourite birds. I see them circling above often here, but have only seen them in the garden 2/3 times.
BTW - the sparrowhawk here looks wild. This honestly happens in the UK.
TheWadge 8 months ago
@TheWadge magpies are no different to squirrels, squirrels eat eggs and young birds, and nobody's mad at them... i blame disney for this
coffeesombi 8 months ago 4
seems 2 me this is a reared hawk being fed a magpie.I've nowt against nature but come on don't try 2 pretend that its all natural
doug88red 8 months ago
@doug88red Your compleatly and uterly wrong. All compleatly natural. The hawk flew in to my garden. and the rest is on film.
eddiehowland 8 months ago
@doug88red
Sorry to say that, but it shows how little you know about the world around you. THIS IS 100% NATURAL! Female sparrowhawk is completely capable of taking down a pray the size of an adult dove. It catches magpies and blackbirds too. The male sparrowhawk is smaller and prays on sparrows, finches, robins etc. That is called sexual dimorphism, so the famale and male don't compete between eachother over food and can provide more of it for their chicks.
8MicFra8 8 months ago
i never saw anything like it. good one
eternalove4DM 8 months ago
and fuck all who liked this horor movie ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐
faranick1 8 months ago
fuck you and this fucking domestic hawk , i hope u die slow like that bird
faranick1 8 months ago
@faranick1 Unfortunatly, for one animal to live, another has to die. Thats natures balancing act. I'm sorry you cant take that in. If it offends you, dont watch. If you want to comment in future, please try and express yourself without swearing. It's not big and its not clever.
eddiehowland 8 months ago
@eddiehowland ok , im sorry for my bad words ...
faranick1 8 months ago
@eddiehowland Your words arnt big and clever either. I saved a magpie yesterday and yannoe what? it has a broken neck and im heart broken because it's not fair, my cat had it and yet it still fights for survival your a sick fuck you fucking piece of shit watching a hawk kill a magpie why not save it? oh i know why! so you could get some FUCKING VIEWS ON YOUTUBE YOU FAT CUNT. How fucking dare you watch somthing die like that you fucking repulsive little prick!
hezzov12 7 months ago
@hezzov12 Hi. Yr welcome to your opinion, but do you think it's possible to message on hear without the crude, vile language please, or is that a little beyond you?
Nature is cruel. Thats life. I am a cameraman. Nothing to do with youtube hits. Thats what I do. In nature, for one animal to survive another must die. Thats the food chain. Obviously too much for you to understand. Who am I to stop it or mess it up? Would you stop a spider eating a fly? Or a bird pulling a worm from the ground?
eddiehowland 7 months ago
@hezzov12 Secondly, would it have been fair for me to interfere and have the hawk starve? He cant just go to the supermarket and get a ready made meal you know!! Your cat was doing what came naturally, just like the hawk. YOU were in the wrong for stopping it, yet I dont insult you. I wish do gooders like you understood how nature works, but you cant. So I suggest you go run to mummy, she will make it beter! (Did you notice how I was sarcastic and insulted you then without swearing) .
eddiehowland 7 months ago
@eddiehowland Ok first of listen dont you dare say I was in the wrong for saving a life, yes nature may work like that but it is SICK for filming it. Why the hell would you want to film a bird killing another bird? What is wrong with you did mummy beat you as a kid? And now you're taking your anger out of birds? And yes if that is your careerer then that is your choice but I personally disagree with filming it. And that magpie lived so screw you.
hezzov12 7 months ago
@hezzov12 Are you really that thick that you just don't get it? I will try to explain it again (without using big words). As a cameraman, I record whats happenning, I OBSERVE - It's not up to me to interfere. If we did, the food chain would soon be screwed up. Can't you understand that? Nature is cruel, Who am I to stop it. To stop the hawk feeding would be just as cruel to the hawk. How do you think things survive in the wild? Nature is cruel. Accept it. Do you eat meat?
eddiehowland 7 months ago
@eddiehowland Actually no I am not thick at all I go A*'s and B's so that answers that question, And I am just saying in MY opinion that FILMING is wrong but on the other hand nature is somthing that happens and obviously it must happen but MY CAT dose not need a bird to live? so I saved its life there is nothing wrong with that. I am NOT saying it is wrong that you did not save the magpies life, im simply saying it's wrong in MY opinion to film it.
hezzov12 7 months ago
@hezzov12 Why is it so wrong to film it? By seeing things like this is how we learn. I didnt do anything wrong, i just documented what happenned. The BBC spend hundreds of thousands getting footage a lot more bloodthirsty than this so people can learn and see how things really happen. Are they wrong? Should we all live in ignorance? I an sorry that you just dont grasp what this film is about.
eddiehowland 7 months ago
@hezzov12 Do you eat meat? How do you think it gets on yr plate? It has to be killed. Wild animals dont have the luxury of going to tescos. This is a facinating piece of footage, and if your too dam stupid to see it, i suggest you dont keep comming on here with your idiotic do gooder ideas. I say again, Its natures balancing act - for one animal to survive another must die. LIVE WITH IT. IT HAPPENNS ALL AROUND YOU EVERY DAY.
eddiehowland 7 months ago
@eddiehowland Dude your really annoying me now I AM NOT DISAGREEING WITH NATURE! I am disagreeing with you filming it!
hezzov12 7 months ago
@hezzov12 Good. Glad I am getting a reaction.
eddiehowland 7 months ago
@hezzov12 Why?..its happed in what looks like to be his backyard. It was a natural kill not staged or set up by some sicko like I have seen other clips on Youtube were people are focing animals to fight and National Geographics does it all the time. I am not flamming you I just want to see your point of view. What is the problem with this?
maven21 7 months ago
@maven21 But why film it? so you can get some views on youtube? Why would you want to watch somthing die and get eaten! It dosent make sense at all in my honest opinion. And yes that may be nature and natural but again why film it?
hezzov12 7 months ago
@hezzov12 I agree, someone should have run outside with a tray of tea and biscuits tried to mediate, see if they could have resolved their differences. By the way, ever seen a Magpie chomp down a nest of chicks. It's nature. Nature is cruel. Its the survival of the fittest and though it is gruesome to watch it is a good observation of nature in the raw. If David Attenborough had filmed it, it would be documentary. There's always the OFF button!
anothercrusader 7 months ago
@hezzov12 Better question is,why did YOU watch? You read the title? Second, so you disagree with National Geographic, Discovery channel,or any of the other edcational nature shows and high quality documentaries? Look I see your point and there are definately some people who post some outright brutal stuff or they set up animals to fight. This is not the case this person showed a natural act in his backyard that is not a common occurance.Nature teaches in all its forms not just the "pretty" ones
maven21 7 months ago
@hezzov12 for example a magpie is a strong, intelligent bird they often travel in pairs or groups and its hard to hunt one. So for a young sparrowhawk to kill one is remarkable as they normally go for smaller prey. So what does this mean? Is the normal prey for the sparrowwhawk no longer in abundance if not why? Is there too much urban development is it forced to change it feeding habits what does that mean for humans? are there more rodents around hiding in development? lots of lessons
maven21 7 months ago
@hezzov12 I think really a better question is "why NOT film it". If we study the natural world, we see all kinds of things, this one is of course cruel--nature is "natural" but of course sometimes cruel. But the other big question, is, if you object, why do YOU watch? Honestly, there are better who do not need to view it--or prefer not to--but there are those that live in a utopia fantasy, who really need to see it, to understand how "it really works"; that induces reflection and thought.
jimquantic 7 months ago
@hezzov12 Did you see all the video? If not, how can you comment? If you did see it all, then how could you say "How fucking dare you watch somthing die like that you fucking repulsive little prick" ???
eddiehowland 7 months ago
@eddiehowland Oh only because it's in the title? "Sparrow hawk takes out magpie" and then looking at every single comment. for example from faranick1 at the top he put "fuck you and this fucking domestic hawk , i hope u die slow like that bird" I am not a sick fuck like you mate watching somthing die you need to go get checked for a mental illness i think.
hezzov12 7 months ago
@hezzov12 So you think all wildlife cameramen are sick and mental then do you? What about programms like BBC documentaries where you see lions ripping animals appart? They spend thousands in getting those images. What about emergency service photographers? Filming burning buildings, etc. peoples houses, work places, busisnesses, Suppose you think thats bad too? Well, if you do tough, cos I do that too. ITS MY JOB. How would you like it if I was so abusive about whatever it is you do?
eddiehowland 7 months ago
karma for the cannabolistic magpie
CherLloydDemos 8 months ago
geeze guy, kill it already! certainly not as graceful as the peregrine falcon.
meliquoi 8 months ago
Eddie, outstanding video!! That was nature at it's finest! That magpie put up a hell of a fight for sure!! I assume the hawk won out in the end and got it's meal. You must have been on top of those birds to get those great close-ups! Well done!
Gman6755 9 months ago
This is like watching a UFC fight without a ref,lol!
sackcheck 9 months ago
Just watched a video of a magpie on here trying to eat a small bird alive and now a magpie gets the same. That's Nature. Brilliant photography.
hullmaninfight 9 months ago
All that and u don't see it dying. Fair fight it put up for a youngster
NAIRNHERO92 9 months ago
THUMBS UP 2 YOUR CAMERA.
shan1988wot 9 months ago
No I dont eat meat you fools.I also dont believe the lies you all so desperately hold close to your hearts, from years of brainwashing as children. You cant even accept the possibility that anything exists outside of your tiny little box. Most of you spell like 3 year olds so I dont know how you even manged to read my comment in the first place. Maybe you found someone to read it for you? Oh I am sorry I should just turn on tv and shutup right. Nothing worse than one of those "thinker" types :/
onimuusha 9 months ago
It looks like a young Magpie, but serves him right. I've seen Magpies raiding a black bird nest in my garden... I'd like to see a few cats get eaten too - they're even bgger c**t's.
wobbie35 9 months ago
Magpies killing baby birds
Mrantoni88 9 months ago
Great footage Eddie, nice to see a Magpie getting his comeuppance in HD
Cancerape 9 months ago
@Cancerape Your right there m8, this is justice, but nature, & great to see a magpie getting murdered, i hate magpies, they make an awful racket & to see them killing baby songbirds in the back garden is upsetting but this is sweet revenge, great video capture!!!
textvigilante 9 months ago
at 0:46 he looked at the camera, hes like your next!!! lmao!
o0steventon0o 9 months ago
It takes a good few minutes to kill the magpie i thought it would be just a few second. Some people may not like to see it and would chase the sparrowhawk away but we all need to eat.
djmainhouse 9 months ago
lol its like "hey im gonna eat you but until you shut up i'm gonna pull all your feathers out"
ZB33ZY 9 months ago
great vid ,seeing one of the biggest killers of song birds being taken by sparrow hawk just make me think just one more i aint got to shoot wel done ,raptor verses thatcher =raptor no1
hunterkiller45 9 months ago
Vicious creatures aren't they but it's nature isn't it, at least we kill animals b4 we eat them!
JJC6731 9 months ago
I think I saw a sparrowhawk pin down a magpie in my neighbor's drive, with a dirty great big crow honking at it.
amnistic45 9 months ago
One of the most fascinating videos I have ever seen on youtube. I felt bad for the magpie mostly because it was a slow and painful death. The hawk was just beautiful with those incredible eyes. Humans prey on other humans in different ways but are even more vicious than that hawk because they do it out of greed. The hawk is just trying to survive.
rtrain67 9 months ago
A sparrowhawk had a magpie in my back yard last week, i was very surprised the hawk downed it as they are equal sizes. all the other birds were going crazy in the trees. I was waiting for the magpie to retaliate and escape but it did not
lilov9 9 months ago
Thats Mother Nature for you!
EgyptianGraphite 9 months ago
some might say that if it was a male sparrowhawk the to might be evenly matched eventhough the female is bigger it would have been a long struggle and for all of those ppl saying kill the hawk or shame magpies should all be killed its just whats been happening for millions of years just because the magpie and sparrowhawk population are rising and songbirds are declining has pretty much nothing to do with each other
colcoa111 9 months ago
I've seen sparrow-hawks killing pigeons in my garden, but never a Magpie.
Magpies are actually superior animals to sparrow-hawks. The magpie is the second most intelligent of all birds (after the jackdaw). It's comparable in intelligence to some primates.
PseudoApollodorus 10 months ago 5
@PseudoApollodorus Just goes to show, don't matter how clever you are, a claw in the eye and a bigger creature on you and your stuffed!!
eddiehowland 10 months ago
@PseudoApollodorus
i really can't see your reasoning for the magpie being far superior to the sparrow-hawk mind you!
The sparrow-hawk can hover at heights of up to 100m and still be able to see prey as small as voles on the ground, being able to swoop in on them in seconds. What the fuck does a magpie do apart from steal things?
newanth 9 months ago
@newanth
Magpies are one of the most intelligent animals in the world. Sparrow-hawks are good at flying and hunting, but only by English standards - there are much more impressive hunting birds in the world. There are few if any birds more intelligent than the magpie (although the same is true for the whole corvid family).
PseudoApollodorus 9 months ago
@PseudoApollodorus Actually, New Caledonian crows and Kea birds are believed to be the worlds smartest. Allthough they lack some of the features of one, new caledonian crows have proved to outsmart chimps in several tests.
ChetzNation 6 months ago
@PseudoApollodorus
IF HE'S SO SUPERIOR THEN WHY DID HE GET EATEN???? Jk. Can you cite your sources which say that magpies have comparable intelligence to primates? Not trying to hate, but I'm actually interested in reading them,
freakincrod 6 months ago
@PseudoApollodorus: don´t forget the corvus corax, which is as intelligent as a chimpanzee.
Snekieh 6 months ago
thanks for the video
lenco83 10 months ago
Excellent shots, really professional.
I can't quite work out how, with London plagued by pigeons, magpies, and now parakeets, we don't have more of these to keep these pests down. You'd think the food supply would lead to an increase in their numbers.
JimTLonW6 10 months ago
i love sparroe hawks and shoot pigoons there vermin like magpies
Chalkie1986 10 months ago
KILL HIM!!
OLDBEATERSIX 10 months ago
LOL!
HighHeavan 10 months ago