Garden Sparrowhawk

My dad called me away from my homework today to tell me that the male sparrowhawk was sat on the neighbours privet hedge, and it was sticking its long legs down into the bush to try and capture a sparrow. It then left the hedge and dived under out hedge/fence in out garden, where we could not see it, but when it flew away there was nothing in its claws, so we assume that it caught nothing. Either way, its great to see such a nice bird in the garden so regularly.