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Scottish Sun
6 days ago
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- Scottish Sun
Moment woman is ATTACKED by dive-bombing buzzard terrorising town as primary school bans kids playing outside
DRAMATIC footage shows the moment a woman is attacked by a dive-bombing buzzard. Sparking havoc in Havering, East London, the terrorising bird even spurred a village primary school to ban children from playing outside. 6 The bird of prey swooped in on a woman outside of her house Credit: SWNS 6 Louise Whittle narrowly avoided the dive-bombing bird Credit: SWNS 6 Louise is caught ducking to avoid the bird Credit: SWNS The video - which was caught on a door cam - depicts the shocking moment local Louise Whittle narrowly avoids being clipped by the swooping buzzard. The bird-of-prey is seen flying about an inch away from the woman's head. Still dressed in her dressing gown, the unsuspecting resident is seen ducking, before running away from the animal. Havering Council has since advised students from Dame Tipping Primary School nearby to stay inside due to raised concerns about the buzzard. Read more on News ROAD TRIPS Land Rover Defender and Airstream could be yours in Omaze Early Bird Prize Draw Head teacher Stella McCarthy said the school was taking children to a nearby outdoor area instead. She added that staff were trying to "embrace" the situation as a "learning experience" for the children. She told the BBC: "We had to think about how to risk assess this... it's quite an unusual situation, having to risk assess a buzzard. "We tried our nearer playground areas thinking they would be safe, but soon discovered that Brenda was quite attracted to children playing outside." A bird of prey expert, Ross Hicking, has also visited the school to help educate the students about the buzzard's behaviour. He brought with him a Chilean blue buzzard eagle called Guido. Cyclist repeatedly attacked by dive-bombing buzzard after riding past nest on country lane According to Ross, the buzzard is likely acting aggressively because she has a nest nearby because most of the time they would tend to avoid people. Another factor, he added, could be the suburban environment, which means the bird could be more comfortable around humans. The council said: "Our health and safety team have provided detailed advice to the academy trust responsible for the school, including the use of legal deterrents and other controls. "We completely understand how difficult and worrying this situation is for the school and local residents and we regret that there is not a quick or straightforward solution." Havering Council said the RSPCA had advised that the buzzard may be protecting its nest or chicks. The council has also suggested hiring a falconry expert who may be able to deter the aggressive bird. But as buzzards are a protected species under UK law, "intervention options are very limited". It comes after a man was attacked by a dive-bombing hawk in a quiet village leaving him bloodied and hospitalised earlier this year. The Harris's hawk was captured on camera after a string of attacks in the sleepy Hertfordshire village of Flamstead. Residents resorted to wearing helmets or hats to protect themselves from the dive-bombing bird of prey. Jim Hewitt, 75, also from Flamstead, was left bloodied when it swooped on him as he went to get milk and a newspaper. 6 The buzzard was nicknamed Brenda by the children Credit: SWNS 6 Dame Tipping Primary School children have been banned from playing outside Credit: SWNS
The Irish Sun
6 days ago
- Health
- The Irish Sun
Moment woman is ATTACKED by dive-bombing buzzard terrorising town as primary school bans kids playing outside
DRAMATIC footage shows the moment a woman is attacked by a dive-bombing buzzard. Sparking havoc in Havering, East London, the terrorising bird even spurred a village primary school to ban children from playing outside. 6 The bird of prey swooped in on a woman outside of her house Credit: SWNS 6 Louise Whittle narrowly avoided the dive-bombing bird Credit: SWNS 6 Louise is caught ducking to avoid the bird Credit: SWNS The video - which was caught on a door cam - depicts the shocking moment local Louise Whittle narrowly avoids The Still dressed in her dressing gown, the unsuspecting resident is seen ducking, before running away from the animal. Havering Council has since advised students from Dame Tipping Primary School nearby to stay inside due to raised concerns about the buzzard. Read more on News Head teacher Stella McCarthy said the school was taking children to a nearby outdoor area instead. She added that staff were trying to "embrace" the situation as a "learning experience" for the children. She told the "We tried our nearer playground areas thinking they would be safe, but soon discovered that Brenda was quite attracted to children playing outside." Most read in The Sun A bird of prey expert, Ross Hicking, has also visited the school to help educate the students about the buzzard's behaviour. He brought with him a Chilean blue buzzard eagle called Guido. Cyclist repeatedly attacked by dive-bombing buzzard after riding past nest on country lane According to Ross, the buzzard is likely acting aggressively because she has a nest nearby because most of the time they would tend to avoid people. Another factor, he added, could be the suburban environment, which means the bird could be more comfortable around humans. The council said: "Our health and safety team have provided detailed advice to the academy trust responsible for the school, including the use of legal deterrents and other controls. "We completely understand how difficult and worrying this situation is for the school and local residents and we regret that there is not a quick or straightforward solution." Havering Council said the RSPCA had advised that the buzzard may be protecting its nest or chicks. The council has also suggested hiring a falconry expert who may be able to deter the aggressive bird. But as buzzards are a protected species under UK law, "intervention options are very limited". It comes after a The Harris's hawk was captured on camera after a string of attacks in the sleepy Hertfordshire village of Flamstead. Residents resorted to wearing helmets or hats to protect themselves from the dive-bombing bird of prey. Jim Hewitt, 75, also from Flamstead, was left bloodied when it swooped on him as he went to get milk and a newspaper. 6 The buzzard was nicknamed Brenda by the children Credit: SWNS 6 Dame Tipping Primary School children have been banned from playing outside Credit: SWNS 6 The buzzard has caused havoc in the East London area Credit: SWNS
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Dive-bombing buzzard causes school playground ban
A village primary school in east London has ordered pupils to stay inside due to a dive-bombing buzzard taking up residence in its playground. There are concerns the bird is guarding its nest and may attack children at Dame Tipping Primary School in Havering-atte-Bower after there were reports it had swooped on residents in the village. Havering Council has said its health and safety team had provided "detailed advice to the academy trust responsible for the school, including the use of legal deterrents and other controls". The council has also suggested hiring a falconry expert who may be able to deter the raptor. Buzzards are the most common and widespread bird of prey in the UK and often feed on carrion, according to the RSPB. Havering Council said the RSPCA had advised that the buzzard may be protecting its nest or chicks. The council said that, as buzzards are a protected species under UK law, "intervention options are very limited". The council added: "We completely understand how difficult and worrying this situation is for the school and local residents and we regret that there is not a quick or straightforward solution." Head teacher Stella McCarthy told the BBC the school was trying to allow children to play outside where possible and was regularly taking pupils to a nearby outdoor learning facility. "We had to think about how to risk assess this... it's quite an unusual situation, having to risk assess a buzzard. "We tried our nearer playground areas thinking they would be safe, but soon discovered that Brenda was quite attracted to children playing outside." But she said they all accepted "there was nothing we could do" to remove the buzzard and that teachers were instead educating children about the bird. "We embraced it as a learning experience for the children," Ms McCarthy said. "The children the named the bird Brenda and put out posters for protecting Brenda and looking after her... they've been writing stories, reports; next week they'll be doing and newspaper articles, they've done artwork." As part of their learning experience, a bird of prey expert visited the school - bringing with him a Chilean blue buzzard eagle called Guido. Ross Hicking said: "Guido is here today to help educate the children about what Brenda the buzzard is dong, why she's behaving like this, the natural habits of buzzards, to foster interest in birds of prey and also to teach them about conservation and what we can do to protect birds of prey in the wild." Mr Hicking said that, while "99% of the time" buzzards would avoid people due to fear, Brenda's swooping could be connected with the nesting season. "Brenda could behaving like this because she has a nest in the nearby area, so she might be that bit more defensive of her nest. "Another big factor is, living in a suburban area, she may be in close proximity to people so that will mean she's a lot more comfortable around people and lot less fearful than most buzzards would be." Additional reporting by Tim Muffett Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to Hawk that terrorised village given forever home Pensioner treated in hospital after hawk attack Dive-bombing hawk taken for retraining Havering Council
