Cheeky sparrow hawk

[MrGrumpy]

We love to watch the birds at our feeders, we get a fair selection of garden birds . Daily visit from a wood pecker etc . However i appear to have provided a buffet for a sparrow hawk ! One flew down to my feeder yesterday and bang small bird was taken ! Nature at work I guess !

 

[dicko]

We get a lot of Sparrowhawks in Derby, this one frequently visits our garden we have a lot of Pigeons for it to chase for dinner. Two kills already since spring I’ve had to clear up.

 

[Chief Broom]

Showing variation in colour- a male here and dicko's above pic a female

 

[Dave 123]

Lucky you lot!

I’m surprised that we’ve not seen one yet around our garden feeders. When it comes-

May I suggest the starlings sir, very juicy!

 

[biggs682]

We get an occasional one visiting always gets a meal

 

[figbat]

This one was outside my home office window with its newly-acquired lunch.

 

[Tenkaykev]

When I was working one of my colleagues surname was Sparrowhawk. I thought it an excellent surname 😎

 

[Bazzer]

We haven't seen one in our garden for a while now. Which is a pity, as not only are they a good looking bird, but the local wood pigeon population has exploded and our garden used to irregularly have little piles of wood pigeon feathers.

 

[cyberknight]

I dare not put a bird feeder up , our moggie would have a field day

 

[a.twiddler]

Some years ago we used to have a sparrowhawk which regularly brought its catch to devour by the corner of our greenhouse. A male I think, judging by its speckled white breast. It had impressively baleful yellow eyes. What was more impressive was its efficiency, as whatever bird it had caught was soon reduced to a very few small feathers once it had gone.

 

[Sterlo]

We have one periodically, you can tell when it's been, piles of pigeon feathers and usually a headless body to dispose of.

 

[Gillstay]

I dare not put a bird feeder up , our moggie would have a field day

Just train it not too.

 

[All uphill]

We haven't seen one in our garden for a while now. Which is a pity, as not only are they a good looking bird, but the local wood pigeon population has exploded and our garden used to irregularly have little piles of wood pigeon feathers.

Pretty soon that pigeon population will be noticed and will become lunch!

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

We had a sparrow hawk do similar when I lived just outside of Manchester. When we first spotted it it was feeding on its victim that it was holding in its claws.

 

[cyberknight]

Just train it not too.