During Christmas morning, I looked out of the living room window and saw there was a Sparrowhawk about four metres from the window looking at me. It was sitting on a low Pittosporum bush, which has been popular with the occasional visiting Blackcap feeding on the bush's red berries. Additionally, my local House Sparrows and Dunnocks can often be seen moving within the bush.
The Sparrowhawk spent a few minutes looking around and when it didn't see any targets, it finally flew out down my neighbour's drive.
This Blackcap might have been what the Sparrowhawk was after. One appeared around mid-Dec and I've seen the odd visitor since then. On the day this photo was taken, I had my highest garden total with a male Blackcap and three Browncaps in the Pittosporum.
