Sparrowhawk chick!

Today in Bedford Wood, Tooting Common we saw the first Sparrowhawk chick, very bright white, pop it's head up from inside the nest as the father watched over it, the chick was quite big, like a duck chick, so glad to see evidence of their success at last. My friend Lesley took her powerful scope into the woods so we really got a clear view, as well as a great view of the male with his rusty white chest and sharp yellow eyes, really looking after his offspring so alertly, I've seen him hunting by the pond several times in the last few weeks, and the mother still on the nest as she may  have unhatched eggs, exciting!