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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HH75" data-source="post: 1792562" data-attributes="member: 61">Hi all,   I agree that both images show Sparrowhawks. The first image of the first bird did look a little misleading, although I would still expect even an adult male Goshawk to have paler remiges below, a less square-ended tail, a more protruding head and neck, greater bulk, a more pronounced secondary bulge and so on. The further three images of that individual just go to show the value of a series of images of a given bird: what was quite a tricky challenge originally suddenly became a far more clear-cut Sparrowhawk.   At this time of year, in particular, Sparrowhawks can do all kinds of odd things, often due to display flight (Sparrowhawks do that whole 'skydancing' thing just as Goshawks do, and they can also fly over their territory with slow, deliberate wingbeats, which tends to make them look longer-winged), and it should be borne in mind when one is faced with an interesting Accipiter.                                Regards,                                     Harry</blockquote>