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Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Spurvehauk - Accipiter nisus
Sparvhök  - Spurvehøg - Varpushaukka - Sperwer - Sperber - Epervier d'Europe - Gavilán Común

This species is largely absent from Øygarden, near Bergen, Norway during the breeding season, although small numbers probably breed most years. It is, however, a  common autumn migrant and visitor during the winter months.

Sparrowhawk, Sture, Øygarden, April 2014
Photographed at Sture, Øygarden, April 2014

Sparrowhawk, Nautnes, July 2018
Sparrowhawk, Nautnes, July 2018

Sparrowhawk
Migrating Sparrowhawk, Skogsøy, October 2010





Sparrowhawk

Tjeldstø, Øygarden 16 February 2004. Digiscoped through my sitting room window

Sparrowhawk



Migrating Sparrowhawk, Falsterbo
Migrating Sparrowhawk, Falsterbo, Sweden.
September 2007. Equipment: Digital SLR and 400mm telephoto lens

Sparrowhawk killing Magpie
For a series of images documenting an epic struggle between a Magpie and a Sparrowhawk click on the above picture




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