guest for lunch
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Thanks for the comments 
I believe it's a female SparrowHawk , Yellow eyes and large enough to take down a collared dove according to the books.
I was sitting looking out the french windows building a Cuprinol fence sprayer (great toy btw) when the hawk/dove hit the patio in a mess of feathers . After a bit of
I got up and legged it to get the camera , when I got back it had gone 
so back to building the sprayer...
Finished the sprayer so went out onto the patio only to hear all the local birds making their alarm calls. Looked around expecting to see the neighbours cat only to find the Hawk eating at the side of the garden about 15m away, so back in for the camera....
Camera set to 1/320tv and ISO400 and I wriggled out the door on my belly and slid under the patio furniture . The hawk kept looking at me (I've heard they have good eyesight...) but didn't seem that bothered, so I got up and walked slowly towards it, edging to the right to get better light all the time snapping away.
Still it didn't move..
So I sat down & just watched it have lunch
.
It was absolutely ******** brilliant
I believe it's a female SparrowHawk , Yellow eyes and large enough to take down a collared dove according to the books.
I was sitting looking out the french windows building a Cuprinol fence sprayer (great toy btw) when the hawk/dove hit the patio in a mess of feathers . After a bit of
I got up and legged it to get the camera , when I got back it had gone so back to building the sprayer...Finished the sprayer so went out onto the patio only to hear all the local birds making their alarm calls. Looked around expecting to see the neighbours cat only to find the Hawk eating at the side of the garden about 15m away, so back in for the camera....
Camera set to 1/320tv and ISO400 and I wriggled out the door on my belly and slid under the patio furniture . The hawk kept looking at me (I've heard they have good eyesight...) but didn't seem that bothered, so I got up and walked slowly towards it, edging to the right to get better light all the time snapping away.
Still it didn't move..
So I sat down & just watched it have lunch
.It was absolutely ******** brilliant
SparrowHawk 
Peregrine Falcons:
Much bigger than the bird in my garden, also all the Peregrine photos I can find have solid dark eyes.
If somebody can convince me its a Peregrine I'll be very happy , it would really **** off the neighbours (Simon I mean you) up the road if I had one in my garden.
Peregrine Falcons:
Much bigger than the bird in my garden, also all the Peregrine photos I can find have solid dark eyes.
If somebody can convince me its a Peregrine I'll be very happy , it would really **** off the neighbours (Simon I mean you
) up the road if I had one in my garden.