Goshawk or Sparrowhawk?

[poochiyama]

Hi,

We found this bird in our barn yesterday - it must have chased a bird in there and then was unable to find it's way out. My first instinct was to say it was a sparrowhawk but then we just thought it was too big! I do live in an area in Wales where Goshawks can be seen occasionally. The photo here isn't great but I did take some video of it from which you can see it from all angles.
The video is on YouTube, I hope I'm not breaking the rules by providing the URL here but the video will be really helpful in identifying this bird.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt1Un4j1dDA

Here's a still I took from the video


Thanks!

[Veracocha]

Goshawk.

[nigel_b]

Funny, I havent seen the youtube vid yet, youtube wont work on this PC, but I was going for the other one! Sparrowhawk.

[fairplay]

Female Sparrow Hawk methinks.

Neil.

I've changed my mind now, the head markings look more like Goshawk, but is it large enough ?

[Veracocha]

I would say that a Spar would hardly cause the water pipe to arch in the way it did. Next to the lad in the vid the scale and wingspan says a Gos (to me).

[thebeard]

i'd say goshawk, looks too big for a sprawk

[nigel_b]

I think its a Gos too after watching the vid.

[Jonathan]

It's a goshawk, looks like a male. It doesn't look in too good a condition to me, did it get out of the barn or is it still there?

Cheers
Jonathan

[diggleken]

Yes, although they are close, the darker haed (I meant head, but it is Burns night) and light clearly marked supercilium say male Goshawk to me too.
Cheers
Ken

[Adam Cheeseman]

Goshawk absolutely.