is it a sparrowhawk

[rogers]

I think this is a sparrowhawk i spotted near Listonshiels, need to get myself a proper dslr i keep telling myself.

[callum]

Thats a Kestrel methinks....

[Caberfeidh]

Thats a Kestrel methinks....

Nay, a kestrel has a slatey-blue/grey back/wimgs. I reckon sparrow hawk.

[fraochydug]

kestrel

[Avocetboy]

Looks like a Kestrel to me

[JTweedie]

Definitely a Kestrel.

[JTweedie]

Thats a Kestrel methinks....

Nay, a kestrel has a slatey-blue/grey back/wimgs. I reckon sparrow hawk.

Have you not just described what a Sparrowhawk looks like? Or even a Peregrine?

[Border Yellerbelly]

Checked my Collins Bird Guide and I reckon Kestrel, and a lady one at that.
It doesn't seem to have the right colour in it's eyes for sparrowhawk and those markings on its back / wings are classic Kestrel. It seems to have that dowdier appearance so common to many birds of the female persuasion. A male Kestrel has a grey head and bolder markings.

[rogers]

indeed it is a kestrel, having just found my little Collins gem scottish birds book hiding at the back of my map drawer, thought i had lost it.

[Caberfeidh]

Just testing... it is of course a Lammergier...