Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Adult female Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) feeding on a collared dove kill in a garden, Derbyshire, UK, November 2011

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / An adult female Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) landing on a collared dove kill in a garden, Derbyshire, UK, November 2011. Did you know? In falconry sparrowhawks were traditionally used by priests.

Grzegorz Lesniewski / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) perched. Bieszczady Mountains, the Carpathians, Poland, October.

Markus Varesvuo / Sparrow Hawk (Accipiter nisus) in flight. Hanko, Finland, September.

Fabrice Cahez / Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) rear view perching on fence post with tail feathers spread. Vosges, France, January.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) perching in a Birch tree. Bieszczady, Carpathian Mountains, Poland, September.

Fergus Gill / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) watching for prey from a garden rowan tree. Perthshire, Scotland, September

Orsolya Haarberg / Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) female bathing, Hungary

Orsolya Haarberg / Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) female stretching leg, Hungary.

Roger Powell / Young male Sparrowhawk perched on plastic feeder in suburban garden, hunting for small garden birds. Northumberland, UK.

Stephen Dalton / Sparrowhawk {Accipiter nisus} in flight with feet extended for landing, UK

Andy Rouse / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) female perched in tree in morning light, Wales, UK