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I was watching birds feed in my garden when a male sparrowhawk dived and took a starling. they tumbled around for a while and i was surprised how long it took hawk to subdue prey- time to get a camera and take some photos, get better camera and tripod, get telescope and tripod. After 15 minutes, i...

i have just taken this with my compact, not bad for a beginner hey lol

i am still waiting for my new camera so in the mean time i take pics with my compact so the quality isn`t always top notch but i still think these are decent enough to recognise what they are xxx

i was ready to turn off my camera when i noticed these just starting to argue over the Niger feeder so i managed a couple of pics, please remember these are taken with a compact camera so the quality isn`t top notch but still decent i think xxxx

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

Today was grey, miserable and drizzle for a large part of the day. However I was surplus to requirements today so decided to go out and visit a new reserve - the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust reserve at Upton Warren. Why pick a day like today to visit a new reserve? Well I knew it had quite a few hides...

I didn't know where to post this but I guess Feeding GardenVisitors is probably the best place as the sparrowhawk is now coming in constantly for it's meals. I was just lucky and it was in the trees about 20 foot from the window. Not sure if it is a male or female this is one id I never get right...

I am of course talking about the sparrowhawk! This time of year sees this species spreading out across the UK from breeding ranges and also an influx of birds from the north and east, following the mass movements of other birds such as winter thrushes, starlings and finches. The autumn months are...

Guest blogger - Claire Powell, Information Officer, Edinburgh sparrowhawks It's been a busy week here in Edinburgh. Saturday's horrendous weather didn't stop a few people venturing out and we ran our Sparrowhawk Family weekend including our name the chick competition. Unfortunately due...

Our Dates with Nature are perfect for anyone who's up for a walk on the wildside, but over the next week some of them are going to get even wilder. As well as peregrines , ospreys , sparrowhawks and choughs next week will see tigers, oragutans, sun bears and hornbills throw into the mix! Ok, so...

Guest blogger: Claire Powell, Sparrowhawk Date with Nature Project Information Officer It’s back and better than ever – well that’s the hope anyway because if this rain doesn’t lift it’ll be a bit of a soggy start to our Edinburgh sparrowhawks project this year. We officially...

We occasionally get queries about birds of prey venturing into gardens often resulting in rather stumped observers who did not expect to see such creatures at such close quarters. Here are just a few quick fire questions and answers that we often encounter about birds of prey in the garden. What was...

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.

Early autumn is a really good time to watch out for a very special bird in your garden. Young sparrowhawks are striking out on their own into the big, wide world and we get a lot of queries about mystery birds of prey seen in gardens. Roughly 90 per cent of the time, they turn out to be sparrowhawks...

Despite a tragic start , there's been a happy ending for the Edinburgh sparrowhawks . After the original nest was predated and the female sparrowhawk went missing, we were worried we wouldn't have the chance to show people the secret life of these misunderstood birds. Luckily though the second...

There really isn't a great deal to say about our Peregrines this week, as we've hardly seen anything of them! However, I thought this would be a good opportunity to tell you a bit more about the other raptors we see up at the Symonds Yat rock. Buzzards are seen every day and they are now the...

Another shot of the Sparrowhawk bathing in the river kelvin I photographed yesterday.

Got this photograph of a Sparrowhawk bathing in the river Kelvin yesterday

Our Edinburgh sparrowhawk chicks finally have names! Six lucky people who came along to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh over the weekend suggested the winning names. The only female in the brood has been named Leila and her brothers are called Lucky, Fluffy, Nev, Radar and Killer. It's good to...

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!

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!

No one's going to nick my collared dove!

Eating a collard dove on my hedge!