This past week I've been watching a new raptor hunting overvthe trees and fields while walking the dogs.
we get a lot of kestrels, sparrowhawks and buzzards. This bird was quite different. Almostvas big as a buzzard, but with quite different morphology. plus it hunts quite low in the sky and i've yet to see any birds mobbing it. Turns out that goshawks even eatvsparrowhawks - so no wonder the crows are staying clear.
Just checked wikipedia, they eat corvids too. No wonder everyone was leaving it alone !

Just watched videos on youtube - 100% goshawk.
in gliding flight they look like spitfires.
Hoping it's moved into the area, buzzards are pretty boring to watch.
i'll take camera with me next week

lol you're only likely to get attacked if you mess with their nest.

And any time birds have protected status: it's to protect them from humans not the other way round.
They can't eat you, so unless you're a total idiot and go poking around in their nest - you are in absolutely no danger. 

Did you know swedes are scared of badgers ?
Weird but true.

This is the first wild goshawk I've ever seen. Pretty cool that they're moving this far north.

It's only recently that the authorities have started to prosecute game keepers for shooting and poisoning raptors. So for something as unusual and large as a goshawk to be our area is pretty special.

And given their varied diet and the number of rabbits and birds round here. Should be able to breed without any problem.

DDT also did it's damage in The Northeast.  Ospreys were almost extinct and at one point there were only three nesting pairs of Bald Eagles in the entire state of New Jersey.  That was in the '70s.  Since DDT was banned Ospreys have come roaring (chirping?) back to the point where they're almost common.  Bald Eagles' come back has been slower but finally they are recovering also.  A few weeks ago I saw one fly over my little lake here in town. Good to see.