Kestrels

kestrel hovering

A kestrel hovers over a rough marshy field by the canal at Calder Grove.

kestrels fighting

It swoops off low across the field and meets a second kestrel in a brief aerial skirmish.

kestrels perching
kestrels fighting

The two rest for a while, perching on power-line cables.

Then there’s a second set-too and a chase away through a gap in the trees.

kestrel chase

One bird, presumably the victor in this dispute, stops to perch further along the power line while the other disappears towards the British Oak viaduct.

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