My weekly reports on the birds using my garden have a space to report dead or sick birds but I rarely have anything to fill in. Today has been a bit of an exception as there have been two casualties. I heard the typical sound of a bird hitting a window at first light but was unprepared for the sight of a partly eaten Wood Pigeon outside the back door when I went to replenish the bird tables later in the morning. It was partly plucked and the innards eaten, typical signs of a Sparrow Hawk attack, but the head was missing, not something I would expect a hawk to be involved in.
The second a juvenile House Sparrow, which was fluttering about yesterday not looking too well, appeared to have been killed and partly eaten in the night.
My sponsored Cuckoo is up to its tricks again as the latest report from the British Trust for Ornithology shows.
By 6pm on Friday 2 August, Nussey had flown 744 km (462 miles) south and
was near Oria, a municipality of Almería province, in Andalusia, Spain.
He didn't stay there long however and by 10:10 am on the morning of
Saturday 3 August he had flown a further 406 km (252 miles) south,
crossing the Mediterranean and landing in northern Morocco, just south
of Guercif. A series of poor quality locations received since suggest
that he set out across the desert before turning back so we'll need to
await some better data before we can be sure of his new location.
This is the second time this bird has turned back north. Very odd behavior.
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