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19-11-2007, 12:10 PM
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| | | falcon ID please
Hi
Just seen this bird in our garden and wondered whether it is a merlin, or sparrowhawk. Could someone help please? Sorry about the poor quality but I hope it'll still be good enough to get an ID for it.
Thanks
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19-11-2007, 12:16 PM
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| | | Re: falcon ID please
Its a sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Male.
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19-11-2007, 12:16 PM
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Young male sparrowhawk |
19-11-2007, 12:16 PM
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Hi Phil welcome to WaB.Your bird is a male Sparrowhawk 
Mark H |
19-11-2007, 12:26 PM
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| | | Re: falcon ID please
Hello Phil your image is of a male Sparrowhawk ( Accipiter nisus ) image is not to bad to enable ID though better than some we`ve seen but still manage to ID though
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19-11-2007, 01:18 PM
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Thanks everyone for that, a male sparrowhawk it is then!
Thanks again.
Phil |
19-11-2007, 04:23 PM
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| | | Re: falcon ID please
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Originally Posted by Lance Morgan  Young male sparrowhawk | Why young? - I'd have thought with that orange breast it must surely be adult.
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19-11-2007, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by zek Why young? - I'd have thought with that orange breast it must surely be adult.
Zek. | You're right it is an adult male; definitely not a juvenile! |
19-11-2007, 07:57 PM
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| | | Re: falcon ID please
oh yes its definatly a adult male spar  |
30-01-2008, 10:01 PM
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| |  Re: falcon ID please
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Originally Posted by philpye Hi
Just seen this bird in our garden and wondered whether it is a merlin, or sparrowhawk. Could someone help please? Sorry about the poor quality but I hope it'll still be good enough to get an ID for it.
Thanks
Phil | Great capture philpye,
As others have stated, this is super little adult male Sparrowhawk.
However, I think your hawk is unusually brightly coloured - the 'rufous-orange' is far more extensive than on typical adult males.
Thanks for sharing it with the rest of us.
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