Bird ID: Hemel Hempstead - Boxmoor (1 Viewer)

[BenjiS]

Could anyone ID this (the bird on the left)
Sorry about the really poor quality photograph but maybe someone can ID
I saw it today and its seemed to be chasing what I think is a crow on the right

 

[BenjiS]

And the same picture heavily cropped

 

[Butty]

Crow being followed by a jackdaw with something stuck to its feet? Dunno.

 

[KenM]

If your sure that the bird on the right is a Crow as opposed to a Buzzard?
The left hand bird is an Accipiter for definite, am now thinking that the left hand bird is a female Sprawk, assuming that your right hand bird is a Corvid.

Cheers

 

[BenjiS]

It was definitely not a Buzzard, it landed in a tree right in front of me and was definitely a crow or other corvid

 

[Simon G]

Is the bird on the right a Raven?

 

[BenjiS]

Is the bird on the right a Raven?

It might have been but i'm not much good with spotting the difference between Crow and Raven
It seemed to be having a problem with flying, or it was just flying really weirdly and making a really strange call (not like any corvid sounds that I have tried)

 

[Simon G]

It might have been but i'm not much good with spotting the difference between Crow and Raven
It seemed to be having a problem with flying, or it was just flying really weirdly and making a really strange call (not like any corvid sounds that I have tried)

It has a very full rounded tail, long wings with deeply fingered primaries and a long neck with the suggestion of a shaggy throat. All pretty good indicators for raven.

 

[THE_FERN]

It has a very full rounded tail, long wings with deeply fingered primaries and a long neck with the suggestion of a shaggy throat. All pretty good indicators for raven.

And making a "really strange call". Raven and sparrowhawk for me

 

[BenjiS]

I put these on a different bird forum website and got the same responses so I'll take it they are correct!