blakeyboy Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 This beauty flew across on my way down the lane to the workshop. I pulled out a cheap Lumix, 12x zoom, and click.....I'm really pleased - normally all I get is a tiny fuzzy speck.... Sparrowhawks are astonishingly beautiful up close- so many shades from cream to dark brown, particularly the wing covers. If you had to do a Painting by Numbers of this you would have a hundred pots of paint! 5 Quote
mick1271 Posted January 4, 2021 Posted January 4, 2021 Yes definitely a Kestrel . They used to be extremely common , but I see more Sparrowhawks than Kestrels nowadays .Starting to make a comeback . Quote
mick1271 Posted January 4, 2021 Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) Edited January 4, 2021 by mick1271 . Quote
mick1271 Posted January 4, 2021 Posted January 4, 2021 That should be a video of a Sparrowhawk with a pigeon , but I don't seem to be able to add it . Quote
blakeyboy Posted January 4, 2021 Author Posted January 4, 2021 You know, looking again- you both may be right- it has that big eye of a kestrel- I only saw it fly past whilst driving, so I didn't see the classic sparrowhawk tail - it certainly is the biggest kestrel I'v ever seen- maybe fluffed up against the cold? It looked big as it flew past.... Quote
copper123 Posted January 6, 2021 Posted January 6, 2021 Will keep all the other birds away if it becomes a regular. Quote
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