I READ the article about sparrowhawks with interest (Points of View, October 7).

Dave Culley paints a wonderful picture that as they are prosperous there must be plenty of songbirds about.

This couldn’t be further from the truth. How many songbirds does Dave Culley think the sparrowhawks must kill to feed a nest of five chicks that were in his picture printed in the Guardian?

Shame on you.

MALCOLM HEWITT Rudheath