Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus, with prey by garden border sharp hooked bill and talons yellow eyes brown upperparts barred reddish brown underparts


This sparrowhawk was seen in my garden just after returning from shopping, the weather was gloomy and raining and I shot through wet double glazed windows. I had the shutter speed around 500 sec as the bird was moving looking around plucking and feeding on the small bird. The iso was capped at 6400 I still had to edit and de noise the images. R7 canon electronic shutter at 15 fps and canon 100 500 RF lens at 500 and a slow aperture in the conditions. The images are cropped to enlarge the subject.


Size: 5177px × 3451px
Location: Horsham garden UK
Photo credit: © Stephen Iles / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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