Rob Cousins / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) perched on bird feeder, Devon, UK, September.

Walter Soestbergen / Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) male, Utrecht, Netherlands

Pal Hermansen / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) attacking Jay (Garrulus glandarius) Telemark, Norway, 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.

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

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

Hermann Brehm / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) male, Germany. December

Hermann Brehm / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) male, perched, Germany. January

John Waters / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) flying amongst Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) coming in to reedbed roost at dusk, Ham Wall RSPB Reserve, Somerset, England, UK, November.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) male killing Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) in suburban garden, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, April.

Eric Medard / Sparrowhawk (Accipter nisus) pair mating, with dead chick, a nuptial gift, at female's feet, in forest, Pays de Loire, France