All Things Sparrowhawk... Accipiter...

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About All Things Sparrowhawk... Accipiter...

As the title of this group suggests it’s all about Sparrowhawks & Accipiters in general. I’m lucky enough to have these top predators visit my garden on a regular basis. I’m not alone; these hawks regularly visit our gardens and parks up and down the UK, and across the world. They are tenacious birds that exploit the layout of our urban and not so urban landscapes.

I’m interested in some of the stories behind the pictures. Yes, the pictures are important, but how do you capture this beautiful bird, where do you see them, what do you do to encourage them to visit? Lots of questions that can be answered by you? This is a chance to show off your photography skills and tell us all a story! I can’t wait!

So come-on, give us all some insight into your garden and parks and this wonderful predator that lives with us!

We are also aware that other Accipiters like Goshawks for example are becoming more widespread in the UK, so if you are lucky enough to have some photographs of these amazing hawks, we would love to see them in this group.

Please though, wild hawks only...and no shots of breeding birds on the nest or their eggs... Illegal in the UK without a special license....Unless licensed to do so by the relevant authority..Or by specialists in this field of research./i>

We also welcome photographs of Accipiter's, ( Goshawk's, Sharp Shin's, Coopers, Shikra's etc ) from all over the world....



Please help! If you happen to come across any pictures of these great birds, please invite to the group using the code below. I try and do a search as regularly as possible but I am not always able to do this frequently enough!! Here’s the code, Just copy and paste what you see written between the lines below here...

Gerry Gutteridge

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Great capture..!!!



Hi, There's a group called www.flickr.com/groups/sparrowhawk/ and they'd love to have this added to the group pool !

Thanks for your help.
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This is what it will look like:

Great capture!



Hi, There's a group called All things Sparrowhawk... Accipiter... and they’d love to have this added to the group pool!

Thanks for your help.