What bird is this

[HTP99]

Saw this in my garden earlier, it had a dead pigeon, it allowed me to to get closer than I would have imagined and then flew away with said pigeon:

[Nik da Greek]

It's a sparrowhawk

[Turn7]

Exactly.....

[HTP99]

Cool, thanks.

[soad]

Took pigeon’s head clean off? Or would only an eagle do that (in the air)?