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Kielder Water Bird of Prey Centre |
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Kestrel(Falco Tinnunculus)
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| Origin: | Britain | |||
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| Habitat: | Motorways, open grass meadows, pine woodland, heaths and even city centres. | |||
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| Nesting: | The Kestrel does not build its own nest. It often finds old crows nests, holes in trees or even motorway bridges. It usually lays 4-5 eggs from mid-April onwards. | |||
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| Facts: | You have probably seen Kestrels hovering
over motorways feeding on the mice attracted by litter thrown from cars. Kestrels have
very good eye sight and often when you see them swoop into the grass they are catching
insects. Kestrels are quite small but look bigger in flight. They can be identified by their pointed wings and long tail. The male has blue-grey head and tail with a black tip after a year old. The females remain a fawn and black colour. Males until a year old are the same colour as the females. Kestrels are not good birds for beginners in falconry and they are not used for hunting because they would only catch beetles, worms and the occasional mouse. |
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| Kielder Water Bird of Prey Centre, Leaplish Waterside Park, Northumberland, England. Telephone: +44 (0)1434-250400 Web Site designed and created by Discover IT (UK) Ltd |
