Mature female Sparrowhawk flushed from the bushes whilst walking past. Sadly no photos.
Small town centre garden which has a large number of sparrows, jackdaws, and several pigeons and collared doves regularly feeding.
The Eurasian (or Northern) Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, harriers and other sparrowhawks. Adult male Eurasian Sparrowhawks have bluish grey upperparts and orange-barred underparts; females and juveniles are brown above with brown bars below. The male is up to 25 % smaller than the female - the largest difference between the sexes in any bird species.
