If anyone finds a corpse like this the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme would be interested. They do autopsies to check on levels of pesticide in the food chain, especially ones that are only supposed to be used indoors. (article in recent Birdguides newsletter)

Anyone finding a corpse can get all the correct bio-hazard packaging in which to post it to them and, upon safe receipt they will refund the postage

Contact Lee Walker 01524595830 or leew@ceh.ac.uk or via website

http://pbms.ceh.ac.uk/

it's left out for the foxes already Ian. It was in reasonable nick, i took some photo's one here https://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z302/agent-c/sphawk.jpg
It looks like it was feeding or just caught something when it's number came up as it had feathers in it's beak and it's talons as you can see from the picture below, probably hit something in mid flight maybe a car? It was very fresh when i came across it.
https://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z302/agent-c/sphawk2.jpg



-- Edited by brandon mulhern on Monday 23rd of November 2009 08:02:16 PM

If it was in good nick, Henry McGhie at The Manchester Museum will always welcome corpses for their collection. That's much more productive than fox fodder but until I've tasted Woosey's accipiter stew I couldn't comment on that.

Ian Woosey wrote:

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Put it in a pon wi some lobbies - Mr Tymon will have it for his tay.............

Keep Eating

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think ive just had it fer tay,sue said it were chicken,but it wernt afe tuf

Put it in a pon wi some lobbies - Mr Tymon will have it for his tay.............

Keep Eating

Best left for the foxes, circle of life.

Keep birding.

just come across a dead sparrowhawk in the road near work (wilmslow) should we leave it to the foxes or do people want them for any reason. (it looks like a natural causes as there is no blood but it could be road kill.)

-- Edited by brandon mulhern on Monday 23rd of November 2009 04:57:08 PM