Plenty of food but none suitable for a sparrowhawk - the bird ponders how it can find its way out of Asda

No way out - the sparrowhawk is becoming increasingly hungry

CONCERNS are growing for the welfare of a sparrowhawk that has been trapped in a Grimsby superstore since Friday.

Efforts to rescue and release it have been unsuccessful and the bird was still present when the Asda store closed at 4pm today.

It spends most of its time perched high up, occasionally flying from one end of the premises to the other.

Shoppers have paused filling their baskets and trolley to admire the bird which may have flown into the supermarket in pursuit of a collared dove which escaped.   

Sparrowhawks only feed on birds caught in flight, so any attempts to coax it down with meat would be futile.

Renewed efforts to net the raptor are likely to be made before the store opens tomorrow, Monday.

Shoppers wonder what next for the hapless raptor