Term Gallery logo

Meanings of sparrowhawk in English

We have no meanings for "sparrowhawk" in our records yet.
Usage of sparrowhawk in English
1
Facebook Twitter Pinterest A young male sparrowhawk with a blackbird on a stump.
The Guardian
2
He changes himself into a sparrowhawk and they all fly off.
Radio NZ
3
Mr. Knox has an interesting anecdote of a sparrowhawk at Burton.
Highways and Byways in Sussex
4
A sparrowhawk is hunched in a leafless ash tree, goldfinches riot.
The Guardian
5
The conclusion: remove the protected status of the sparrowhawk.
The Irish Times
6
The sparrowhawk checked with fanned tail and hovered briefly, obviously hoping the weasel would reappear.
The corfu trilogy
7
Kestrel and sparrowhawk form a parallel among winged creatures.
The Life of the Fields
8
A sparrowhawk killed two collared doves in our garden.
The Irish Times
9
The sparrowhawk was right outside and as a result, I was able to get very close.
The Irish Times
10
In summertime, when birds are most abundant, after the breeding season, the sparrowhawk is a fastidious feeder.
A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs
11
Immediately a sparrowhawk appeared and seized it.
The Irish Times
12
He was once severely handled by a sparrowhawk, and often he was chased and worried by kingbirds.
Wild Animals I Have Known
13
I took this photograph of a sparrowhawk with her kill (a pigeon) outside my house.
The Irish Times
14
No one noticed either when a sparrowhawk swept in to snatch a fledgling from right by my foot.
The Guardian
15
Tens of thousands of starlings took to the air in spectacular murmuration caused by the threat of a sparrowhawk.
BBC
16
One day he saw a sparrowhawk dash down upon a running partridge and struggle with it on the ground.
A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs
About this term
Sparrowhawk through the time