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Kestrel

The Kestrel is the most common British bird of prey, and is a frequently seen hovering over downland. When hunting it will often hover at 20-30 foot before swooping on its prey. It prefers fields with longish grass, which is ideal habitat for small mice and voles.

These shots were taken at various locations in Sussex. The sequence at the beginning shows a kestrel carefully devouring its kill (probably a vole). Some of the later shots (July and August 2008) show a kestrel eating a bush cricket while hovering.

If you enjoyed these, I've put together a separate album of another sequence of a kestrel feeding


Distinctive low flight of the kestrel, with long sweeping...
Kestrel in flight.
Kestrel in flight #2.
Kestrel in flight #3.
Kestrel perching.
Kestrel perching #2.
Close-up.
Detail.
Low flight.
Preening kestrel.
Kestrel
Watchful kestrel.
Magpie chasing a kestrel away from a nest.
Magpie tangling with a kestrel (the kestrel retreated).
Kestrel overhead.
Jackdaws mobbing a kestrel over Sussex.
Kestrel searching for prey.
Kestrel searching for prey #2.
Kestrel flight.
Kestrel flight #2.
Kestrel flight #3.
Kestrel perching before a kill.
Kestrel feeding. It has just caught a vole.
The prey is under its talons.
Kestrel feeding on prey #1
Kestrel feeding on prey #2
Kestrel feeding on prey #3
Kestrel feeding on prey #4
Kestrel feeding on prey #5
Kestrel feeding on prey #6
Kestrel feeding on prey #7
Kestrel feeding on prey #8
Kestrel carrying prey (this shot taken from my garden).
Kestrel gliding.
Kestrel calling.
Kestrel perching on iron gate #1.
Kestrel perching on iron gate #2.
Kestrel perching on iron gate #3.
Kestrel taking to the air.
Back on its perch, August 2007
Kestrel perching 24 August 2007
Kestrel #2 24 August 2007
Kestrel in flight 24 August 2007
Waiting on on a fence post
Eye to Eye
Kestrel on watch
Kestrel 26 August 2007
Perched 26 August 2007
Sharp eyed
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