We have Sparrow hawks around here. You often see something wiz through the garden at head height and then think......... that was probably a sparrow hawk
Sparrowhawk. This is the bird they used to keep other birds out of the Great Exhibition hall (at the suggestion of the Duke of Wellington). Pigeons, sparrows, etc. had been crapping on the exhibits, so sparrowhawks were the answer. I know they crap as well, but as there were only two of them, it was a lot less mess than before.
FFS, when you said two birds one eating the other I was expecting something a little more fruity. Or is that what we've got to look forward to now under the Digital Economy Bill?