Title

Eurasian sparrowhawk

Caption

Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), adult female, with prey great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), sitting on stump, England (in captivity)

Date

Feb 06, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Paul Sawer

Reference

BRK22E96_288

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.8Mb (17.9Mb) / 11.8in x 17.7in / 3541 x 5315 (300dpi)

Keywords

Accipiter nisus Accipitridae Aves Bird Birds British Dendrocopos Dendrocopos major England Eurasian sparrowhawk Eurasian sparrowhawks Europe Great spotted woodpecker Great spotted woodpeckers Great woodpecker North Europe Northern Europe Northern sparrowhawk Picid Picidae Picids Piciformes Woodpecker Woodpeckers adult adult animal adult animals animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal of prey animals animals in the wild animals of prey behavior behaviour bird of prey bird photography birds of prey cadaver capture carcass carcasses catch catches dead dead animal dead person dead persons death deaths deceased died eat fauna feed feeding female female animal female animals females forage foraging greater pied woodpecker habitat ingestion mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat out outdoor outdoors outside perched prey prey animal preying preys raptor search for food searching for food sit sitting wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography woodpecker woodpeckers Diurnal bird of prey Diurnal birds of prey Falconiformes Great Britain UK United Kingdom animal feed animal feeds