dennishasdoneit
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Just going back to Goshawks, I was walking away from what I used to call DH Lawrence Woods at Eastwood, notts ( near j.27 M1,) with a dog and we both stopped in our tracks as we heard this loud ,very loud screaming coming from the heart of the wood. At the time it sounded like a female being attacked, it was that piercing ....scary like...as though a sexual assault was taking place ...They are the most beautiful birds. We have their smaller cousins regularly launching attack sorties in our garden. You are lucky to have seen them thrice. I have never had that privilege. Hopefully one day.
I later looked up the diff birds of prey ,and knowing that Goshawks were in that wood ( I'd seen one month's earlier ) I'm pretty sure I had just heard one . If you ever hear the sound you'll never forget it...
For such a secretive large predator ,it can make a hell of a noise ! Never saw it on that occasion ....
The woods at Moor green / Eastwood Notts hold many secrets ,not least this fantastic bird of prey , Wild deer, Woodcock, Buzzards, and on the low land walking towards the famous dh lawrence farm...Snipe,which sit extremely close when just humans are about but with a dog get up and zip away at break neck speed .
The Woodvock I saw up in the woods I almost trod on ,it only moved when it had absolutely had to.
A fabulous place full of wildlife, or at least it was 20 years ago.