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long tailed tits surprised me, mr williams again, coal tit seems to be here everyday lately, house sparrow waiting for hubby to get home lol and roly mo the pigeon doesn`t understand that the food isn`t on the roof of the bird table LOL

So far i think these look very nice and fit in really nicely in my garden xxxxx. I`d still take any advice about nesting birds plus tips about nest boxes xx

I was wondering that too.

Sitting on a neighbour's roof, looking good in the Sun. Male, I think. I was looking at the Sparrowhawk and the Sparrowhawk was looking at me.

Our garden’s very busy, the birds fly to and fro, we don’t know where they come from and we don’t know where they go . The blue tits come in little groups and eat up all the seeds, the dunnocks and the blackbirds are rooting through the weeds. The great tits are on the feeders...

She came again this afternoon, perched on the landing stage above the feeders and waited ... and waited ... and waited. It was amazing just to watch her as she searched for her meal, eyes everywhere, body relaxed then tensed. Is it up there? or over there? behind me? What's...

and I wonder why? To my non-expert eye, this looks like a female. However, the other day I had a visit and posted some pics of the sprawk with a baby sparrow pinned down and was told he was a second year male. Could this be the same bird, or is it a female?

I was sitting at my computer yesterday when I heard that familiar "football rattle" cry of a magpie. I looked up and saw the magpie fly up past the window to the roof, followed by another one, still calling. I got up and looked out, and saw on the ground a magnificent sparrowhawk. She (I think...

First attempt at uploading. I'm glad to say he (she?) flew off empty beaked! Not the best quality but I was excited~!

The local sparrowhawk takes a rest. It has a liking for collared doves, which it plucks on the lawns, so maybe the smaller birds have a chance.

I took this in my garden in Nottinghamshire in december 10 when I saw a sparrowhawk having just finished it's lunch

This is a Sparrowhawk I saw in my garden. He is a regular visitor, we normally see him (or her!) several times a week but we haven't seen him catch anything yet!

This was takne in Aug 2008,this hen flew right onto our Conservatory chaseing a sparrow...thankfully the sparrow escaped to live another day....and the Sparrow Hawk was given a calm release.......

This hawk flew right into our Conservatory in Aug 2008 chaseing a little sparrow......thankfully the sparrow got away.......and we ofcourse released the hawk.

What can I say apart from this gave me a new meaning to feeding the birds. just put some bird food out and then BOSH! Right in front of me one of the collared doves went missing!

In a rainstorm this week, I noticed a rather dark, upright and solid bird sat on the garden fence. Reaching for the binoculars, I realised it was this female Sparrowhawk. She was taking shelter from the wet beneath the thick, overhanging branches of a Leylandii cypress. She has the bold, pale supercilium...