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Kestrel with breakfast
Quite a surprise to see this kestrel on our patio in the middle of suburbia. He swiftly dispatched a local rat and devoured it right before our eyes!
With a lack of food in the nearby countryside at the moment, kestrels are being seen more frequently in towns as they search for a much needed meal. Glad this one got his belly full.
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
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