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Unusual bird on my bird table.
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Not a kite.
I'd go for sparrowhawk.
Good image here Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk (Accipiter rufiventris) » Planet of BirdsComment
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It likes pigeons too...Originally posted by Toastiness View PostAnd this one is a female Sparrowhawk..."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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Probably more likely to see a Sparrowhawk than a Kestrel hunting for birds in gardens, and a male sparrowhawk (smaller than female) can resemble a Kestrel.Originally posted by Old Hack View PostI'd go with this too.
Easiest way to distinguish them without photographic evidence is the eye colour.
Yellow iris -> Sparrowhawk
All Black -> KestrelComment
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As both photos demonstrate. Thanks ToastinessOriginally posted by Toastiness View PostProbably more likely to see a Sparrowhawk than a Kestrel hunting for birds in gardens, and a male sparrowhawk (smaller than female) can resemble a Kestrel.
Easiest way to distinguish them without photographic evidence is the eye colour.
Yellow iris -> Sparrowhawk
All Black -> Kestrel
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Kestrel has yellow eye lids doesn't it?
I live in Rural Somerset and we get them all in the garden, including once, a mahoosive great big buzzard picking something out of the paddock.
Just to add, I can see Cojaks one is a Sparrowhawk, but that the one in the OP looks like a Kestrel to me.Comment
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