You may well be right, as In a name, It may not of been called a "Red" woodpecker, thou It did have red on It's head & wings.
It seems there are rooks/ ravens around the KCOM posing a clear and present threat such that a warning sign is deemed necessary. This is situated at the top of the staircase from the ground to the Argyle St walkway. Thank **** that **** Bill Oddie is no longer on.
There are no peregrine falcons in Hull. The last one spotted in this area was nesting on Lincoln Cathedral, although one was reported to be nesting on Beverley Minster recently. The hawk filmed in Lincoln was a peregrine, you can tell that by the way a peregrine drops like a stone on its prey below at lightening speed. A sparrow hawks swoops in for the kill at great speed and a kestrel hovers before dropping on its prey. The 'falcons' seen near the KC will either be a kestrel or a sparrow hawk. There was a nesting sparrow hawk on the Boothferry Estate tower blocks a couple of years ago. They are not rare and the kestrel as well as being Britains smallest bird of prey is also the commonest.
Peregrines cover some distance .. The Mother at Norwich was chased away from the nest this year by a female from last years Bath hatchings .. They know this because of the rings.. Links to both live cams are on one of the posts above.
My mistake. Never heard parliament attached to rooks though. But these do tend to vary by region. Wiki say's a storytelling of rooks too. I like that one. Mind it also say's "Don't trust this list; many of these entries are fanciful and never found outside of word lists." If thee sees one, it's a crow. If thee sees loads, them's rooks
Speaking of aggressive avians (had to avoid birds) :- please log in to view this image Just ignore all the Alamy copyright ****e btw... It's my ****ing photo the cheeky bastards! And the're selling downloads of it from £9.99 to £140!!!
There is (or was) a very famous wildlife photographer who lost an eye to an Owl attack, they can be very territorial. I was blessed once as a youngster, was out very early (4.30am) on my bike and I had a Barn Owl fly alongside me for a few hundred metres checking me out, they can be fearless.
I had the one at the KC down as a Sparrowhawk, seen the Beverley Peregrine last year and also saw one North Yorks Moors near that chalk man or whatever it is, there are some cliffs down there
That'll be Eric Hosking. Lost an eye and found fame and a career. Fastest animal on earth:- Definitely well up in my top five most incredible experiences when I saw one catch a pigeon like this. The most likely to attack a human in the uk though is the bonxie (great skua).
Oddly enough, there are no woodpeckers whatsoever in Australia. Although there are apparently in Adelaide Street.
