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I started to get some shots of it flying in as I learnt to predict its flight path. Most were either not sharp or I didn't manage to get the whole bird in the frame. Slowly however I started to have more success.

This image shows the bird approaching the feeders but too slow - all the small birds have scattered.

We did get a brief fall of snow and although I failed to get anything dramatic I did manage a simple portrait shot.

The final shot in this blog is a composite made in photoshop. It shows a single burst of shots takien at about 11 frames per second as the sparrowhawk came flying through the feeder.

I did manage to get some shots of it chasing its prey and finally one shot of it capturing a coal tit. However that image has gone off to a competition so I won't be posting it here until after the judging has finished!

During the time I was photographing the squirrels I realised that an immature sparrowhawk was visiting the garden on a regular basis. It was trying to catch the small birds frequenting my feeders. It wasn't all that successful to begin with so was returning almost evfery 30 minutes. Consequently I turned my attention to trying to photograph it in flight and - hopefully catching something.

Some success but facing the wrong way!