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  1. 26-10-2010 #1
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    Default Sparrowhawk behaviour at Lavell's lake

    Was sat in the Bittern Hide on Sunday afternoon and noticed a Sparrowhawk male fly across the lake and land amongst the reeds 100m or so away.

    It was apparently waiting in the tall reeds for something to happen along.

    I saw it re-emerge suddenly and took a couple of quick photos, not sure what it had captured, but it can't have been very big.
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    That's a great photo of the Sparrowhawk, but it's difficult to ID the prey.

    It looks like a yellowish fish actually - but I'm sure it isn't!
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    I think that may be a bit of reed Catherine.
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    How very disappointing! I was hoping you'd recorded something unusual!

    The only other thing (slightly) visible, is a greyish shadow under his feet - so maybe it was just a small rodent?
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    It does look like a fish, pity that it's just foliage An interesting bit of activity none the less.
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    Have looked at my other shots in detail, but none of them show much detail below the grass.

    This shot shows a dark object in front of the claws.
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