Common kestrel juvenile - Falco tinnunculus

I've got it - a youngster making its first attempts to fly.

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Ferdy Christant

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Haha, it does look a little scared :) Posted 9 years ago

The Common kestrel

Year-Round Range Passage migrant Winter Range
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About 10, see text
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''Falco rupicolus'' Daudin, 1800
''Falco tinnunculus interstictus''
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The common kestrel , also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel or Old World kestrel, is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. In the United Kingdom, where.. more