Starting with a first for me ... Sparrowhawk in neighbour's garden here in quarry, only ever seen a seemingly lost youngster many years ago!
Grabbed ID vid footage through d/glazed door, then battery died & by time I'd replaced it to go outside for better res a delivery driver stopped next door & frightened the bird off!! grrrrrr
Hope it's a one-off for the sake of my Spadger horde!
2019 thread here ... https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/196421/add-your-odds-sods-here-thread/1275306#1275306
2013 photos & vids here
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Regards, Hazel
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
She looks so benign.
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Tony
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Thanks guys - not many garden birds around at the moment so she came away empty clawed.
If you were a bird and she fixed you with that eye it would scare the living daylights out of you.
Unknown said:ot many garden birds around at the moment so she came away empty clawed
guess most birds are heading off into moult, poor Sparrowhawk, it must be tough for them with a low'ish strike rate, especially this time of the year. She's a real beauty.