What is this raptor , someone on Twitter said it was a Cooper’s Hawk, but this was in my garden in Glasgow.

You may want to delete your duplicate posting as I just replied to it and Alan has answered you here aswell

Hi

it's waaaaaay too small for a Coopers Hawk- :)

Nuff said?

S

Hi Francis,

Unfortunately, the photo is not very clear but I would agree with Alan that's its a sparrowhawk - I live in the North East of England and I get Sparrowhawks and Kestrels in my garden all the time. What was this bird doing in your garden? Just sitting watching?

A quick google - Common and widespread, with a Scottish population of around 8-12,00 breeding pairs www.scottishraptorstudygroup.org/sparrowhawk.html