Sparrowhawk’s (1 Viewer)

[Popeyethesailor]

Today I witnessed 2 Sparrowhawks in my garden Cambridgeshire UK, hunting one of the many sparrows in my garden, there were 2 sparrowhawks which I think are Juveniles ?
See pics below both different birds but going for the same prey at the same time.
so would I be right about juvenile vs Female?
Also is this usual for 2 sparrowhawks to be hunting so close together?
Any advice much appreciated

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello,

yes the first is a juvenile and the larger bird (the First in your video) should be an (adult or juvenile ?) female.

I know, that juvenile raptors learn the art of hunting from their parents, but I am not sure if this is the answer here

 

[KenM]

Might be an adult bird showing the juv. how to hunt, it would certainly be the right time of year.
Two weeks ago I had two Sprawks in my grdn. flying in and out of a tree, with one following tother, doing relatively slow circuits, unsure what was going on, wasn’t able to sex or age them at the time.

Cheers

 

[Derbyfella]

Looks like one was chasing the other

 

[Popeyethesailor]

Thanks for the replies, only last week I noticed 2 sparrowhawks flying very close together over my house, possibly the same birds, adult and juvenile does make sense, it’s not the first time I have had one visit the garden but I feel so lucky to have captured what happened today 😀