Peregrine Falcon

[Tom McCrae]

Landcroft Road today at15:30 It took the wood pigeon out in flight hit the glass doors and start to pluck it. It?s not bothered by being filmed from only 5foot away.

[CrunchB]

Wow!! I can?t get the video to play but even without it that must have been an incredible watch. I had no idea there were any around here.

[Tom McCrae]

Still here. Not Finnish lunch yet

[JohnL]

Plays in Microsoft Films and TV - didn't even know that was an application.

[Tom McCrae]

Photo update

[Tom McCrae]

Thanks for leaving a mess

[exdulwicher]

It's a sparrowhawk. Peregrines have dark eyes, sparrowhawks have yellow eyes with a black pupil.

Good pics though, great to see it so close up!

[heartblock]

There is a pair of sparrowhawks that fly over Peckham Rye...mesmerisingly beautiful, you can hear then call to each other.

[Sue]

Amazing 😮

Years ago I heard a terrible noise in my garden and it was a bird of prey catching (and carrying off) a starling.

I used to get loads of starlings in my garden, and I haven't seen a single one since then 😭

[hammerman]

Article today in the Southwark News 'Astounding number of birds sighted in Burgess Park in 2021' Because of the parks open spaces and lake settings there have been over 85 species of birds visiting the park, some coming from as far away as Siberia and Africa.

A frequent visitor was the Peregrine Falcon, which can often be seen flying over the park looking for their next meal.

I've got to know a lot of birds in my garden, including the humble Wood Pigeon and would hate to see the video.

[Castleton]

Wow, what a privilege to witness!

[dulwichlawproject]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing

[raasaygirl]

I wonder if the peregrine falcon in Burgess Park was one of the pair who nest on the Salvation Army tower at Denmark Hill.

I went for a tour with the resident orthnithologist at the Battersea Tower Station development recently. They had to build a lattice tower (v expensive) as a temporary nest for the pair of peregrines there, until the building work is complete...they have raised their chicks on there for a few years but are going to be relocated back to the tower building very soon.

If they decide to sit on a crane, work has to stop!

Their main diet is pigeons and parakeets.

[Earl Aelfheah]

Wow. Thanks for sharing