baw / spk - Hawk [3 of 5]

Sparrowhawk having a breather on top of the bird table / feeder.

We had a surprise visitor - a Sparrowhawk. (Accipiter nisus)
From the size & colouring, I suspect that this is a male. He perched on the birdtable roof, but stayed only a few minutes before flying off at some speed. I managed to get just a few images ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_sparrowhawk

I'm taking the appearance of such an apex predator as a sign that there is a good small bird population locally ...