Is this a Sparrowhawk? (1 Viewer)

[SteveJ]

Just got back from the vets with our dog and spotted this in the back garden (not the startled owl) pecking away at a sparrow. Couldn't get to my camera without running the risk of disturbing it so did my best with my phone camera which isn't the greatest. I think it is a juvenile Sparrowhawk but not sure.

 

[DC4JC]

Yes. Had one in our garden this afternoon

 

[suavecarve]

Go on then. I ll be the one to say its an owl (thats next to the hedgehog)

(I think it is a sparrowhawk as well)

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[ronidog1]

Yes I would agree with yyou it is a juvenile sparrowhawk. Perhaps a bit messy on the underparts after eating!

 

[CamperJack]

We have one quite regularly.

 

[DMartin]

And ours ...

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[Scotch mist]

heres mine

 

[Ridgeway]

Certainly a Sparrowhawk, hard to tell if it's a this years female or just a male. The reddish suggests male but i'd only know if i had something to compare it against (size wise), males are really small and therefore that could be a juvi female. If so she won't get he adult plumage until next year when she moults.

 

[Two on Tour]

And ours.

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[DBK]

Just got back from the vets with our dog and spotted this in the back garden (not the startled owl) pecking away at a sparrow. Couldn't get to my camera without running the risk of disturbing it so did my best with my phone camera which isn't the greatest. I think it is a juvenile Sparrowhawk but not sure.
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Nice photos but it's an adult male - the females and juveniles are pale underneath without the reddish tinge.

 

[bigwood]

We had one sat on the wall six feet from our dinning room door earlier this year.It was having a good feed on something and didn’t fly off as we stood in the doorway.
During the two lock downs we have had a lot more bird life in the garden. The starlings and sparrows were there in squadrons.

 

[SteveJ]

Thank you one and all. We thought it was a Sparrow Hawk but the white dots on its wings were throwing us, which is why we wondered if it was a juvenile. I suspect we may be seeing it a bit more now it has discovered the all-you-can-eat buffet on the bird feeders.

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