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Feathers fly in Ambleside
11:36am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
FASCINATED shoppers in Ambleside witnessed nature at its most ruthless last week as a sparrowhawk stripped a pigeon of its feathers and flesh in the middle of a busy high street.
Scores of people both delighted and disgusted looked on in amazement as a sparrowhawk took a feral pigeon from the sky in busy Market Cross in Ambleside last Friday (November 28).
Graham Eccles, who lives locally, captured the scene on camera and said he had never seen anything like it.
“It stripped off the head and ate most of the breast,” he said. “There was a crowd of about 20 people standing around watching at some points.”
For the full story see The Westmorland Gazette on Friday.
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Feathers fly in Ambleside
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