Last year we were lucky enough to have a sparrowhawk sitting on a tree in direct eyeline about 15' from the back window. What made it so distinctive, as already mentioned, was not only striking lemon yellow eyes - but also sunshine yellow legs (to be technical!). I shall look out for birds of prey around the Bell Green Sainsburys. Maybe that explains why I noticed yesterday that all the starlings seem to have abandoned the car park - to be replaced by crows!

Incidentally, for anyone who is keen on birds, I've just finished a great book - 'Corvus' by Esther Woolfson, published by Granta. It was serialised on Woman's Hour recently. Makes you see corvids in a different light.