The birds of prey in my area are not getting everything their own way at the moment. Recently I have seen a buzzard with sixteen crows mobbing it. As the crows are not currently nesting this was quite surprising behaviour. The buzzard did not appear to be carrying any catch and so the crows were unlikely to gain much from the attack. They were very persistent and I watched their pursuit for at least fifteen minutes.
The following day I saw a sparrow hawk travelling low to the ground at high speed, with a crow chasing close behind. The hawk was twisting and turning to evade the crow which showed remarkable ability to maintain its chase.
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