Bringing dishonour
DR MIKE SWAN IS HEAD OF EDUCATION AND THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL ADVISER FOR THE GAME & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST
Sparrowhawks. Every time I see one I cuss. Whether it is a big female in relation to my precious grey partridges, or a musket (male) with designs on the house martins under my eaves — and the blue tits and other small birds at my garden feeder — they are a threat to things I love. But the cuss is not without its measure of admiration; sparrowhawks are supreme stealth and ambush predators.
Picture this: a good friend was parked on his farm drive, along a narrow and dead straight
