Pittswood Birds

This afternoon wasn't half as cold as the weather presenters said it was going to be. The wind was a bit chilly, but in the sun it was spring-like. A very quick walk around the lake area found just a few MALLARD and a couple of CANADA GEESE. In the waterlogged woods 2 TEAL were skulking, a useful addition for the months list, but otherwise it was quiet. A scan over migrant alley, and the FIELDFARE and a few REDWING were in the Sheep pasture, along with one or two MISTLETHRUSH.
These Two Canada Geese Were On The Pond

A View Over Migrant Alley, To Oxon Hoath Park

I got home and looked out the window to find........................................

This female (thanks lee!) sparrowhawk on a Collared Dove

Exactly the same place as the male hawk took the Blackbird kill to.

I watched this bird for an hour, it devoured every bit of this poor Collared Dove, except the feet! This Hawk was a bit bigger than the other one, and had less white on the back of its head, it also had a slight white supercillium, which the male lacked. It was interesting to see, that the feeding site, was exactly the same place as the last hawk took its prey. I might have to close down the feeding station :-(