Female Sparrowhawk
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Female Sparrowhawk
Image: © Peter Trimming Taken: 9 Nov 2011
A female sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus). Quite a rare sight in Croydon, in fact the last one which I saw/photographed was in August 2008. I later saw it swoop and miss its target, before moving off to hunt a few hundred yards away.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.384572
Longitude
-0.100607