21 May 2008

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Watched a male Merlin kick seven shades of the sticky stuff out of a Carrion Crow yesterday (well out of county). Feisty little buggers aren't they?

PS. Note to Man plc fans, it'll take you another 18 years to get to five, at which point we'll probably have won eight. Liverpool FC - the true champions of Europe (bitter? Moi?).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Funny you should mention the tough little Merlin. A few years ago I was driving down from Dowlais to Merthyr and a Merlin was being pursued by a Jackdaw, it literally went over the bonnet of my car !
It looked only one winner that day !

Lee

Darryl said...

Since the initial sighting, what was probably the same bird has been seen attacking Buzzard and Peregrine (not to be recommended). Perhaps not all Merlins are born equal in the toughness stakes.