Sparrow Hawk

[JB9302]

Just watching 2 Goldfinches settle on the new feeder we put up on Sat , bout 3/4 metres from back door , within 5 secs they lifted rapidly off as a Sparrowhawk decended on them .
He missed and perched on fence post a closeby , went for the camera and of course he was gone when I returned .
Fantastic looking bird and I felt a bit sorry for him , but theres plenty of birds about for him to hone his skills on.
Left the camera on tripod at back door in readiness.

[squishy]

its a hard life for sparrowhawks, feeding only on other birds.

[JB9302]

Yeh , may failed attempts I believe , should switch to seed that we put out

[dudley72]

hello,
i have a regular visit from a beautiful male sparrowhawk who is fantastic at missing his target. Although if your visitor is anything like mine he will be back. Hope you get chance of a picture.
Michelle

[Ollie]

We get a Sparrowhawk trying to get the small birds occasionally but I have only ever seen it succeed a couple of times. Must be very frustrating for it, but it obviously makes enough catches elsewhere to survive.
Roger

[Pippa]

Not long after we moved here back in March, a Female Sparrowhawk took out a Collared Dove in our front garden.I am so pleased that my OH saw it and not me.

[Matt_IOM]

They roost in the woodland across the road from our House, quite often see them flying over on the lookout for prey. On one occasion one descended at quite a pace and took out an unwitting House Sparrow, then proceeded to devour it on the lawn. Unfortunately at the time I hadn't got the camera but it was quite a spectacle to see it happening!

Matt.