Not my pics I’m afraid Lee. I just used them for illustration….Tim. Thanks for sharing some great looking pics.
If it had flown, the tail would give it away - but that tail does look wider than a crows' - of course it flew away as soon as I took my eyes off it!May well be right Dave. I find them very hard to distinguish myself. Easiest way is by the call, but if they don’t want to talk, then it’s down to guesswork regarding neck feathers…
Blimey,I recon that’s Quoth Dave….
Used to get a couple of Sparrowhawks in the area a few years ago. Never managed to photograph them closely, I did manage this distance shot of the male back in 2017. Reading about them, the female is a much larger bird than the male and much more deadly.No photos, but had a nice selection around the pond on Thursday afternoon, blue tits , a robin , a couple of gold finches, sparrows, house and hedge and a few starlings. The pigeons were down feeding along with two collard doves. All of a sudden , nothing ! At that point the sparrow hawk landed on the fence, stayed for a few seconds and away. Took at least 30 mins for normal operations to regain .
Looks a fine mass there Ian .Not quite bird watching, but the frogs are busy in my pond.
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