Kestrel male. Far Ings, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust NR, north Lincolnshire. DSC_1002.jpg
I was still sitting upstairs in the hide in mid afternoon and the Kestrel came back for another hunt close by the hide. Nobody else in there but me, as the Bitterns didn't turn up and everyone had left.
After a few moments he spotted a vole and dropped to the ground, though he seemed to have a bit of difficulty stopping the animal which was under the cut reeds. He eventually caught and killed it, dragged it out into more open ground and proceeded to eat it in situ, picking morsels, looking around to make sure nobody was around to disturb him. Eventually he downed the rest whole and flew off! A bit later spotted him in a tree behind the hide for the shots posted previously.
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Kestrel male. Far Ings, Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust NR, north Lincolnshire. DSC_1002.jpg
I was still sitting upstairs in the hide in mid afternoon and the Kestrel came back for another hunt close by the hide. Nobody else in there but me, as the Bitterns didn't turn up and everyone had left.
After a few moments he spotted a vole and dropped to the ground, though he seemed to have a bit of difficulty stopping the animal which was under the cut reeds. He eventually caught and killed it, dragged it out into more open ground and proceeded to eat it in situ, picking morsels, looking around to make sure nobody was around to disturb him. Eventually he downed the rest whole and flew off! A bit later spotted him in a tree behind the hide for the shots posted previously.
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