A most unusual sight this morning at Ash Valley G.C. As I looked out from the clubhouse a sparrow hawk shot past the window, carrying a female blackbird. I went outside (no camera!!) to see if I could find it. To my surprise I watched ( from 4 metres) as the hawk drowned the prey in the stream outside the front of the clubhouse. Each time the blackbird struggled the sparrowhawk adjusted its grip and forcibly pushed the unfortunate victim under again. After 5 minutes the bird was dead whereupon it was plucked and consumed. A quick google search of sparrow hawk drowning prey brought up several reports.
Also on the golf course: 25 siskins, 300 fieldfare and redwing, green woodpeckers, blue, long tailed, coal and great tits, resident kestrel and plenty of corvids and pheasants.
Photo taken early in the morning of the song thrush that has a singing post in the gum tree.
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