Last week I found a small circle of feathers in the garden, virtually nothing else left. On close inspection I decided that they could only be the remains of a Sparrow, we have a lot of them living in our garden, they are really noisy and I love them! A few years ago we were sitting in the garden on a summer evening and a Sparrowhawk snatched a Sparrow straight out of the sky just above us. Startling to see, and pretty brutal too.
The measurements of the (tiny) feathers...
large - 6 cm
medium - 4 cm
small - 2.5 cm
According to Pete (who knows about these things), it almost certainly was a Sparrowhawk capture not a cat (not seasonal and not that colourful, but I felt bound to record it).
..from my seasonal colour sample notebook.
The measurements of the (tiny) feathers...
large - 6 cm
medium - 4 cm
small - 2.5 cm
According to Pete (who knows about these things), it almost certainly was a Sparrowhawk capture not a cat (not seasonal and not that colourful, but I felt bound to record it).
..from my seasonal colour sample notebook.
