July sees most of the surviving bird life that has hatched that Spring will have fledged. During this time of year, the Raptors come to the fore and are more readily seen. Our garden had many visits from both Sparrowhawk and Kestrel. We think that these are the same two individuals who have made our garden part of their patch. Back in 2004/05, from late December to February, a Sparrowhawk visited every day come snow, rain or shine and would stay for up to 45 minutes at a time watching the House Sparrows. Occasionally it would make a kill. But mostly the Raptor would move to another site without having made the kill. It was strange that it just stopped coming in the Spring but then only made occasional visits in the Summer.
The Sparrowhawk above had caught and killed a wild Mouse.
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