Sunday 3 October 2010

Danger in the garden!


I had my back to the garden, chatting to a friend, when all of a sudden my partner gives a shout, leaps up and rushes for his camera. This is what he had seen - a sparrowhawk bringing down a pigeon. It stripped it of its feathers, ripped the wings off and what it didn't eat, it carried back to the nest. What an amazing sight in a suburban garden, nature red in tooth and claw: well, beak and claw!

1 comment:

Jackie Sayle said...

Well done, A. They're usually too quick to photograph. Great shot!