Sparrowhawk
I've always been envious of people who've had Sparrowhawk's feeding just outside their kitchen window. This morning I was granted the privilege of joining that the club. I did wonder why there were no birds in the garden when I took the food out this morning!
Norwich - January 2024
Norwich - January 2024
Bowthorpe Southern Park, Norwich - August 2023
I think this is the same tree as in the pictures below taken almost a year ago. It's certainly the same row.
Earlham Cemetery, Norwich - February 2022
Earlham Cemetery, Norwich - February 2022
Earlham Cemetery, Norwich - March 2021
Earlham Cemetery in the rain. Norwich - March 2021
One day I'd like to get a decent picture of a Sparrowhawk. I thought this might be the day when I saw this male land in the tree. Unfortunately a pair of Magpies spotted him too and chased him away after I'd managed just this one grainy picture. Earlham Cemetery - January 2021
Distant and a bit blurry, an enormous female which scared the living daylights out of the Woodpigeons on the allotment.
Norwich - February 2019
Norwich - February 2019
Rather distant images of a bird flying over NWT Thorpe Marshes. The left-hand picture shows the characteristic deep chest, rounded wings and relatively long narrow tail. - February 2019
A juvenile, Orkney - August 2009