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We were enjoying a cuppa when we had an unexpected visitor, I think it may be the same bird that was named as a sparrowhawk. MMinutes before this we has been watching the blutetits at the peanuts.
Great photos ..........I saw my first one in my garden a few days ago after it descended out of the blue down on a poor blackbird, killed it and flew off with it. I got about 12 feet from it and so amazing to get such a close view of such a magnificent large bird. Photographs really hardly do them justice and it was stunningly beautiful in reality but I felt sad for the poor blackbird.
Could you explain to me for learning purposes why this is a male? All the males in my various books have a reddish tint to the cheek and chest, and this bird seems not to have it. One (old) book says that the female has finer barring than the male, and the barring in this photo is not very fine.