PINNACLE 2,297 Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 I took this the other day. Not the best quality as I was try to take a picture of the kestrel hovering then it got struck by the other bird the one on the left which flew off. I all happened very quickly. The kestrel fell to the ground, I waited for a bit but it did not fly off. I was not able to get into the field and check it was ok as I had my dogs with me. Is it another kestrel or a sparrowhawk, I just wish I had a better shot. Kestrel mobbed by Martin Billard, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Parabuteos lad 878 Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Another kestrel, it will have been fine and flew off after a while Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,630 Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Looks like another kes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ftm 3,357 Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 kestrel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MOLE265 792 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Female kestrel hovering Male kestrel heading for the ground it may have been hit by a peregrine Peregrine falcons and sparrowhawks are killing kestrels Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurchers 2,999 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Both male kestrels mate fighting or he is chasing his off Spring off.look at the colours of them both mate they have blue heads which means males if only one was blue and the other brown it's male and female mate.still a good pic 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,416 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Have to agree, it looks like a rival male. Are Kestrels that territorial ? The looser probably sulked on the ground for a while. Even so Pinnacle you were lucky to witness that, let alone catch it on camera. We don't see as many Kestrels now as we used too. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Omanyra 2,518 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Nice one Pinnacle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PINNACLE 2,297 Posted December 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Thanks for all the responses. I still wish the photo was better but still a stunning thing to witness. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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