ID from tail picture - SE Europe (1 Viewer)

[Vesna Zadravec]

Yesterday afternoon a group of long tailed tits flew into our little pond for a bath, follwed by very swift and silent medium sized bird that landed in a shrub, where I managed to take a photo of its tail. After several seconds the bird flew away on a very low trajectory, again very silently and fast. By observation I supposed it was Accipiter nisus but I see now that tail pattern and colours do not match. Is it possible to tell the species over photo attached? Location iz Croatia, near Zagreb.

 

[Vesna Zadravec]

Here is the above photo with enhanced contrast and lighting. I think that gray stripes are more obvious, as well as yellow right leg.

 

[KenM]

I believe sub-adult A.nisus would have retained pale tips(white) as a tail band?

Cheers

 

[Butty]

Looks fine for sparrowhawk.