Gurt hawk in the garden!

[FalconBirder]

Greetings WAB readers,

I reviewed the Gallery for a while early today and was really impressed by the superb range of images that have been uploaded there - well done to all the contributors. The birds of prey section alone contains some great shots of a long list of species, and many depict interesting behaviour too.

Anyway, I came across this exciting (but rather explicit - sorry!) image taken by 'sometimes' back in October 2007.



Is there something in the water up there in West Yorkshire that promotes Sparrowhawks to grow as big as this?

FalconBirder

[Hedge Witch]

That is a fantastic shot shot FalconBirder What a magnificent sight

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by Hedge Witch

That is a fantastic shot shot FalconBirder What a magnificent sight

Did you read the last bit of text darling Hedge? Credit goes to WAB member 'sometimes' and I agree, a lovely shot

[Dadzinsky]

Great picture !

[Hedge Witch]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Did you read the last bit of text darling Hedge? Credit goes to WAB member 'sometimes' and I agree, a lovely shot

Nope, I never saw that before

LOL

[Jason Green]

(Shhh ...it was slipped in whilst you were looking the other way wasn't it, Hedgie )

[Hobjob]

Its a fantastic shot, but I'm not sure how big that sprawk is.
Its not easy to tell when there is only a bit of leylandi in
the background to give reference.

[Jason Green]

...and the jackdaw underneath

Maybe you could get a measurement from the foot to the left-hand side?

[daffy66]

everything grows big in yorkshire.
like they say yorkshire born yorkshire bred,stong in the arm and smart in the head

[RobinP]

Looks about normal for a female sprawk to me. Not sure it's a Jackdaw, maybe even a Crow, albeit a small one!