kestrel

[Scunner]

just had a Kestrel in the garden, scoffing a blackbird. All the birds from the feeders are gone.

[Stargazer]

It may be a Sparrowhawk. It will hang around in the area for a few days until all the small birds have scarpered so worth keeping an eye out for it.

[Scunner]

thought at first it was a sparrowhawk, but looked it up and it was definitely a kestrel. Black lines below its eyes.