Juvenile Sparrowhawk?

Za · #1 (**permalink**) 27-06-2011, 08:31 PM

Hi, is this a juvenile Sparrowhawk? There was a lot of noise in the woods and when I looked there were 3 Sparrowhawks, I assume it was an adult teaching the juveniles to hunt, two flew away, but this one stayed with its meal, is this a juvenile or the adult?
Picture quality isnt good, I had to crop it and it was quite far away .
(Strange, I was just saying at Thursley that I never see Sparrowhawks, and 3 come along at once!

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Cheers,
Za

beech · #2 (**permalink**) 27-06-2011, 09:59 PM

Looks like an adult male to me Za

Farplace · #3 (**permalink**) 27-06-2011, 10:12 PM

Its an adult - wonderful shot!!

Foz · #4 (**permalink**) 28-06-2011, 07:52 AM

Yep, adult male.
A fledgling would be mainly brown with no red collar.
Also the eye stripe takes a few months to develope.
The other birds that you saw may well be juvs, its the right time for them in some parts of the country.
Im expecting mass carnage in my garden in a few days time