Beauty And The Beast....

...a flash of wing, a dive into a bush like tree, only to emerge moments later with no prize, and to sit atop a holly bush briefly pondering its next move, having not got its prize - a Sparrow in this case, they were too quick for it, on a very wet day.

I have mixed feelings about seeing these birds of prey, but can't help admire their beauty when on the rare occasion I see one. 

I was asked by someone why I knew it was a bird of prey which had gone into a tree like it did. I replied that I'd seen one dive into a brambles bush - unsuccessfully I might add, that they were the only large type of bird I knew which would dare do such a manoeuvre.

No wonder the garden was so quiet afterwards, apart from the sound of rain.....