| The discovery of goshawk and sparrowhawk bones suggest that some vicars enjoyed the aristocratic sport of hawking in their spare time. |
| Plain as far as the eye can see, to fligh after red partridge with falcons, after quail with sparrowhawk or hare with goshawks. |
| The cuckoo, which resembles a sparrowhawk or a kestrel in flight, can be difficult to identify. |
| It is found already in Anglo-Saxon as a personal name, and the full sparrowhawk also exists. |
| It is closely related to the American sparrowhawk, which it resembles in size. |
| Birds of prey like the owl, the sparrowhawk and the buzzard also live here. |
