Don't Count Your Pigeons Until They're Plucked

 This afternoon Linda came to tell me that there was a lot of noise from crows and magpies in the field at the back of the house. 

We looked from the bedroom window and saw that a Sparrowhawk had caught a pigeon and had landed with it in the field.

The pigeon didn't move so we thought it was dead and the sprawk started plucking it.

I stopped taking photos and was going to get my tripod when the pigeon struggled free and flew off, leaving the sprawk looking a bit bemused. It took off in pursuit but the pigeon had a good head start 🤣

Looked like a young male Sparrowhawk still learning its trade.