kestrel
Falco tinnunculus

Common rust coloured raptor often seen hovering over motorway verges

Habitat: fields, marshes, moors, heath, forests and towns

Common and widespread resident

Male: grey and brown raptor with pointed wings; female brown, streaked

Flies very strong and powerful, hovering frequently; sits on telegraph wires and posts

Eats birds and small mammals

Nest is a bare ledge or hole

1 Brood April – June ; 4-5 eggs white heavily speckled brown