Comments on: Sparrowhawks – at home in the South-West http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/woodland-activities/sparrowhawks-at-home-in-the-south-west/ A blog about woodland activities, outdoor skills and conservation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:04:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marilyn Dewar http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/woodland-activities/sparrowhawks-at-home-in-the-south-west/comment-page-1/#comment-3255 Marilyn Dewar Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:59:35 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/?p=1334#comment-3255 I regularly have a sparrowhawk fly through my urban garden in Eastbourne. It has a preference for starlings and often either cannot stop as it is flying too fast or deliberately hits the front or back of the house and ends up in the garden with the starling in its claws before flying off for its meal. It also sits in my willow tree and looks down on my pond! I think the fish are safe though. We have to accept that this is nature doing its job. I regularly have a sparrowhawk fly through my urban garden in Eastbourne. It has a preference for starlings and often either cannot stop as it is flying too fast or deliberately hits the front or back of the house and ends up in the garden with the starling in its claws before flying off for its meal.

It also sits in my willow tree and looks down on my pond! I think the fish are safe though.

We have to accept that this is nature doing its job.

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