Sparrowhawk

I was sitting at my desk at home, pottering on the computer, when a grey shape flickered in my peripheral vision in the garden outside. This was quickly followed by a clattering of wings and a high pitched squawk. I looked out the window and quickly spotted him standing on his prey. There, at the centre of a blast radius of feathers, a male sparrowhawk. We’ve had sparrowhawks in the garden before, but they tend to be swift, fleeting visitors. A sparrowhawk’s natural territory is on the edge o...