Effortlessly at height hangs his still eye
This is a line from Ted Hughes' poem the hawk in the rain. Beautifully written about unmistakably a Kestrel, which is a falcon not a hawk. But I think we can forgive Ted Hughes a little poetic licence.
Nobody really knows why but Kestrels have been declining in Britain over the last twenty years, and more especially in Scotland. I don't seem to see as many hovering by road verges as I used to. I photographed this one near Digley Reservoir in the Peak District National Park.
Effortlessly at height hangs his still eye
This is a line from Ted Hughes' poem the hawk in the rain. Beautifully written about unmistakably a Kestrel, which is a falcon not a hawk. But I think we can forgive Ted Hughes a little poetic licence.
Nobody really knows why but Kestrels have been declining in Britain over the last twenty years, and more especially in Scotland. I don't seem to see as many hovering by road verges as I used to. I photographed this one near Digley Reservoir in the Peak District National Park.