Female Sparrowhawk

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Female Sparrowhawk by Russel Wills as part of the Geograph project.

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Female Sparrowhawk

Image: © Russel Wills Taken: 25 May 2018

On our back lawn! Plucking, appropriately, a sparrow before making off with the carcass presumably to feed her chicks. It would be preferable if she took the wood pigeons.

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.407937
Longitude
-1.693274