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Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2025 17:41
 
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Eric wrote:
WOW. Not seen this before!!!

Female Sparrowhawk flew across garden at lighting speed…the target a small grey squirrel carrying a walnut across the lawn.

There were no birds in the garden as it’s peeing down but the squirrels are taking advantage because the local cats that usually chase them are tucked up indoors also.

That must have been one hungry Sparrowhawk or inexperienced to attempt one of those vicious biting scratching things.

She missed it by inches, the squirrel dropped its nut and shot into a rose bush. The Sparrowhawk landed on one of our garden statues but left when I approached the window. 

The squirrel emerged up a trellis behind the rose bush, seemingly unaware how close that was.

Ironically one of the cats very nearly caught it (or another) earlier in the week….leading a charmed life!!

Was it a female Eric as I have seen them take large rats.

 




Posted: Thu Sep 18th, 2025 08:19
 
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Was it a female Eric as I have seen them take 
Don’t know what its name was, Iain. :lol:

Yes twas a she.



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Posted: Thu Sep 18th, 2025 14:10
 
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Kingfisher from yesterday with the Z6iii and 180-600mm


D63_2264 by Iain Clyne, on Flickr

 




Posted: Thu Sep 18th, 2025 16:07
 
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FUJIFILM - X-T2 f/9.0 : Speed 1/1600 : ISO 3200 : Lens XF100-400mm F4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR + 1.4x


Just testing. Works well Chris.:thumbs:



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Posted: Thu Sep 18th, 2025 16:19
 
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That's a nice shot Eric.

 




Posted: Thu Sep 18th, 2025 16:46
 
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Iain wrote:
That's a nice shot Eric.
Thx.
Believe it or not, taken from out of my bathroom window.

Jan was not best pleased I recall, when she wanted to use the loo....it was bl**dy freezing in there.



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Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2025 13:36
 
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Thx.
Believe it or not, taken from out of my bathroom window.

Jan was not best pleased I recall, when she wanted to use the loo....it was bl**dy freezing in there.

Best way to stop people hogging the toilet. :lol:

 




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Robin with Z9 


DZ9_0355-Edit by Iain Clyne, on Flickr

 




Posted: Tue Sep 23rd, 2025 18:01
 
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They are quick....but so are squirrels!

My neighbour told me that he had been sitting outside,surveying his garden ( more like an estate ) , watching a group of woodpigeons feeding on his lawn. Some distance beyond them was a sparrowhawk sitting in a tree in his garden. It was immobile for quite some time, until it decided 

to make a sortie and flew down to the pigeons, but, having frightened them rigid, it returned to its perch in the tree! He thought it had probably already had dinner, and its eyes were bigger than its belly, so it cried off.:-)

Speaking of sparrowhawks,I found a dead one in my garden almost exactly 2 years ago,

Canon PowerShot SX170 IS f/4.5 : Speed 1/100 : ISO 100 : Lens Unknown 5-80mm
just below one of the conservatory windows. I could only assume that it had flown into

Canon PowerShot SX170 IS f/4.0 : Speed 1/200 : ISO 100 : Lens Unknown 5-80mm

Canon PowerShot SX170 IS f/4.5 : Speed 1/125 : ISO 100 : Lens Unknown 5-80mm


the window and broken its neck.

 

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