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What killed this Blackbird? (Warning - Photos of Dead Bird!)
Victoria Sponge
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Hello, sorry if anyone finds this gruesome but I found this blackbird corpse with strange wounds. Does anyone know what might have done this?
It has been decapitated and the head was not present, feathers raked away on its back and I assume the guts have been removed from the hole. No other marks or punctures that I could see and relatively few feathers removed.
My guess is another bird, I've seen a female sparrowhawk in this area but she rips birds to pieces, feathers everywhere, not sure if this is too neat for her work?
It has been decapitated and the head was not present, feathers raked away on its back and I assume the guts have been removed from the hole. No other marks or punctures that I could see and relatively few feathers removed.
My guess is another bird, I've seen a female sparrowhawk in this area but she rips birds to pieces, feathers everywhere, not sure if this is too neat for her work?
Wearside, England.
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I'm sticking with a pet cat, they just kill for fun are are rarely hungry enough to eat the whole thing
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I didn't know cats ate the head and left the body, I haven't seen that before so I also wondered if it was a cat kill and a magpie or seagull could have then started to eat it. The arrangement of the feathers on its back puzzled me but I suppose anything could have happened to cause that.
Thanks all for taking the time to respond🙂