Sparrowhawk
Introduction
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Sparrowhawk
Image: © Bernard Sharp Taken: 7 Feb 2019
A female sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) takes a late lunch on my lawn. On the menu, a wood pigeon, more than likely one of the pair that was earlier perched on the garden fence. After plucking some of the feathers, the hawk attempted to fly off with the carcass. The weight of the pigeon undoubtedly prevented but a very short hop to another part of the garden, where more feathers were plucked. The hawk then moved its prey to beneath a Fatsia japonica. The head and wings of the pigeon were later to be found deposited on a nearby Lady Fern.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.768782
Longitude
-0.288267