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

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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.

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

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