Beware crows on Townley Road

[Buffnutter]

I was quietly walking along the road at around 8pm last night from the Lordship Lane end and a crow swooped down and clawed my head and then swooped at me several more times until I could get far enough away to be left alone. It was entirely unprovoked - I’m guessing they must be nesting along there. (I can see from the forum it happened to someone last year around this time too.) Be careful, their claws are sharp! 

[sandyman]

47 minutes ago, Buffnutter said:

I was quietly walking along the road at around 8pm last night from the Lordship Lane end and a crow swooped down and clawed my head and then swooped at me several more times until I could get far enough away to be left alone. It was entirely unprovoked - I’m guessing they must be nesting along there. (I can see from the forum it happened to someone last year around this time too.) Be careful, their claws are sharp! 

Happened to me around 8.30 on corner of Townley and Beauval last night too - it came from behind so i had no idea it was coming, luckily it didn't claw me, but swooped so low over my head I felt the swoosh of its wings. Pretty terrifying and I could see it perched on a chimney pot so was wary of it flying down again. Presume it was the same bird, felt like something out of Hitchcock. 

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Unexpected avian attacks?!?! Stone the...well, you know.

[Froglander]

Has happened to me in the past on Goose Green.  Not recently though.   

[teddyboy23]

The one on townley Rd is well known I think he's called Russell 

[geh]

begs the question, how would you provoke a crow?

[BrandNewGuy]

They're very protective of their recently fledged young and will divebomb people who get too close. There was probably a youngster lurking nearby. It happened to me a few years ago on Peckham Rye Common.

[Froglander]

Yes, this is true.  I used to feed the crows on Peckham Rye and once you feed them they never forget you and will appear almost instantly the next time you visit.   I follow an account on Instagram called Crows in a Park which follows crows in a central London Park.

Edited May 26 by Froglander

[SpringTime]

I wonder if there's an East Dulwich version of this where the victim is vaporised by a Volvo SUV...

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

7 hours ago, geh said:

begs the question, how would you provoke a crow?

You're just a second-rate raven, a second-rate raven...

[Spartacus]

Maybe they are gala Protesters as they have been evicted from the Rye 🤣

[mariagatty]

Gala protesters 🤣

[paulu197]

I thought Galahs were a native Australian bird

[Isabel Ramirez]

Hi guys, I'm a journalist for Southwark News. I'm currently covering a story about the crow attacks in this location, to warn people to avoid/be careful in that area this time of year.

Would any of you who have been attacked be willing to be quoted for the article?

If so my email is [email protected]

Thanks in advance!

[Spartacus]

You might want to catch up with Jack on this, he's had crow issues for ages. 

[MrsR]

Violent crows are attacking pram-pushing mums and school kids in Dulwich - Southwark News

[HeadNun]

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-1-disturbing-reason-you-should-befriend-a-crow_uk_66278d68e4b00ea555a4ef21