One less House Sparrow in the garden

Yesterday a young Sparrowhawk visited the garden and was successful in taking one of my House Sparrows. It sat in the garden plucked the poor thing and then enjoyed lunch. Although it was in a dark corner I managed to open the kitchen window without disturbing it and grabbed a few images before it finished. After the snack it flew up into the maple before launching a second attack which was this time unsuccessful leaving the Sprawk sat in the rose bush for a while. Once it had accepted the battle was lost it flew to the tree where it sorted out the mess it had made of it's plumage before leaving for another challenge elsewhere. 

It's always nice to see a Sparrowhawk but I wish they would target the feral pigeons and leave the rest of the garden birds alone, guess they're just too big although the adult female had taken Collared Dove before.