Car4play Forum Posts http://www.car4play.com/forum Car4play forum en-gb Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:00:54 +0100 Copyright: Car4play webmaster@car4play.com (Technical) 5 Nature red in tooth ... (MD) : Non-motoring car4play692451 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:00:54 +0100 The only good Magpie is a dead one. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=692451&v=e Nature red in tooth ... (bathtub tom) : Non-motoring car4play692444 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:52:58 +0100 I've seen a magpie dismembering a fledgling on a nearby roof, not a pretty sight with the parents flying around! http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=692444&v=e Nature red in tooth ... (Andrew-T) : Non-motoring car4play692443 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:51:03 +0100 I think pigeons are sparrowhawks' favourite target. It's happened in our garden too. Those pigeons seem to have no difficulty keeping up the supply though. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=692443&v=e Nature red in tooth ... (martin aston) : Non-motoring car4play692436 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:36:12 +0100 We see occasional sparrowhawks in the garden. This summer one had a wood pigeon, whether killing it or finding the body I don’t know. She took about an hour to tear it apart and eat it. We also get buzzards and kites, the latter swoop low over the houses so I assume someone is ill advisedly feeding them. They can get to be pests with snatching food if they get too accustomed to humans All are magnificent birds though. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=692436&v=e Nature red in tooth ... (Bromptonaut) : Non-motoring car4play692429 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:54:07 +0100 Yep Magpies and other corvids are all over roadkill. So are Red Kites. We got a magnificent view of one scoffing a muntjac corpse in the Chilterns early this summer. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=692429&v=e Nature red in tooth ... (CGNorwich) : Non-motoring car4play692423 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:11:06 +0100 Like other corvids magpies are great scavengers. Just imagine what the world would be like if all those dead animals and birds were left to rot. A handsome bird is Maggie Pie. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=692423&v=e Nature red in tooth ... (Andrew-T) : Non-motoring car4play692420 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:54:57 +0100 This morning SWMBO noticed a corpse on the tarmac outside the kitchen window, having also seen several magpies squawking around. Turned out to be a small hedgehog with some essential parts missing. Apparently this is not an unknown habit of those bad-tempered birds. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=692420&v=e