Bird of prey in my garden

[simon12]

Never seen one of these before anyone know what it is

[alldigging]

Sparrowhawk? Birds

[darcyvuqua]

Looks like a sparrow hawk could be wrong mind

[darcyvuqua]

Sparrowhawk? Birds

Beat me by 13 seconds lol

[veggiechicken]

Sparrowhawk?
Garden Sparrowhawk photographed at last. - Wild About Britain
Good photo Simon

[Bigmallly]

Thought you may appreciate this Simon:

[simon12]

Thanks guys the name explains alot as there is always a plague of sparrows round here this time of year and they seem to like my garden as my cat scarer keeps the plague of cats away.

[alldigging]

They eat the pigeons round here. Which isn't a problem.

[Bren In Pots]

We saw a Sparrowhawk eating a Blackbird in the strawberry patch the other week all what was let was the beak and feathers.

[Mikey]

Its Mothhawk, don't worry she's just thinking and she has to close her eyes to do that, she's done a lovely job of painting her eyelids to make it look like she's still away though.

Cheeky little monkey.

[Philthy]

Great picture!

I've seen them twice in my garden. The second time I happened to be looking out the kitchen window at the exact moment a sparrowhawk swooped down, snatched a greenfinch off of the seed feeder I have next to the window, then land on the patio literally 2m beyond the window, and eat the hapless finch. It was a sunny day, and I think perhaps the glare on the window prevented the hawk seeing me

Incredible to witness nature in action like this!

[Knight of Albion]

Yes, it's a sparrowhawk. A male one.

I get one here at times and a goshawk! Definitely not welcome in my garden...

[Compo72]

We have a resident sparrowhawk that visits the gardens in my area

put any seed feeders close to a fence or difficult position so the little birds can feed in peace

Bird tables in open ground can be a restaurant for sparrow hawks too


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[RaptorUK]

We get a Sparrowhawk quite often in the garden, we feed the birds a lot so have plenty of Sparrows around, I've counted over 30 at a time before . . . the female Sparrowhawks are bigger than the males and will take Pigeons.

[cheops]

Simon what exactly is your cat scarer? If it works I need one. I planted yesterday some carrots seeds under a pvc tunnel only to come out this morning to find halfway up it disturbed earth and scattered seeds and a present left by a cat. There should be a law against this sort of trespassing.