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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gradders52" data-source="post: 1861139" data-attributes="member: 75771">Thanks for the thoughts... I did think juvenile male Sparrowhawk, but lack of chest barring put me off... Peg? Hobby? Merlin? Nah. Hence the question. Sorry it was the only photo and not one of mine. Odd or dead simple. I am afraid this is tied up with a previous post about the two eggs (see below), this raptor was in the tree where the eggs were found underneath. But checking with my friend (I have one) she saw this BOP in September time 2009 (makes sense with the red berries). The eggs in the last month.(June 2010).I think a field trip or two will be required.From East Lancashire in UK. "Deep up a moorland valley. The only trees are five twisted and knarled hawthorns which look like a grown out hedge".<a href="http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=174507" target="_blank">http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=174507</a></blockquote>