I love peregrine falcons, one of my favourite birds. They look like little fighter plane pilots with their 'helmet' head markings. And they fly like them too..

Fastest birds in the world in a "stoop" they hit 95 mph.

Beautiful birds. I hope they manage to find a solution to the church roof problem, without endangering the birds.

Spot the one perched on Cardiff City Hall in this pic - they nest on it every year and put the fear of god into the local pigeons

Never seen a peregrine but we do have sparrowhawks that come into the garden after the birds sometimes,they will sometimes pull up and land and run after the birds that try to hide in the shrubbery if they miss them with a grab .I usually shoo them away if I spot  them doing that.

How's your shoulder Deman?

It's doing OK thanks, Katty
Healing nicely and definitely more flexible than it was.

I get sparrowhawks in my garden, Katty. Hubby says they think my bird table is a take-away. One afternoon, I came home to find a sparrowhawk perched on the whirlygig, plucking a sparrow.

We had a buzzard come into our garden once. I opened the back door and there it was, perched on a bit of buddleia that the OH had chopped down earlier. It flew off screeching, and then I noticed the cloud of grey feathers left behind, all that was left of the poor sparrow it had just scoffed

They are gorgeous Deman ...and noisy, lol, usually around 1.30-2.00 in the Afternoon, they start flying round the Steeple in a feeding frenzy....

I shall be 'twitching' out of my Office window Today...

Oh my Deman, poor little sparrow....

Filth!

I suppose they are living up to their name "sparrowhawk",though I've seen them taking pigeons plenty of times,not much meat on a little sparrow.It's the bloody Magpies I  hate,they will grab sparrows, blue tits etc when they are feeding young in the nest.They are not quick killers either like the hawks,poor things sreech for what seems like ages as the buggers pin them down and peck at them.

I have a soft spot for all members of the crow family as well, though. Clever, clever birds.

I have a pair of carrion crows that visit the garden they steal the peanuts that I chuck down for the squirrels,they crack them open then take the nuts to the bowl of water,put them in there to make "peanut soup" they do thiswith  bread etc too.

We have wood pigeons come into the back garden everyday for the food I put out on the bird table. It's one where there's a 'roof' on top...it took them a while to suss out how to navigate their way onto the table under the roof...they have it sussed now though

 We have the occasional wood pigeon too, and a pair of collared doves that regularly turn up. They just hoover up whatever gets spilt from the feeders.