{"id":1083,"date":"2013-09-12T19:50:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T19:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2013-09-12T19:50:47","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T19:50:47","slug":"kestrels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/kestrels\/","title":{"rendered":"Kestrels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a copy of my posting to the Friends of Baildon Moor site.<\/p>\n<p>Kestrels are often seen when on Baildon Moor and one of my recent visits was no exception. Over near Glovershaw there are often Crows and this shot shows that the Crows did not want the Kestrel hanging around their patch.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kestrel, Baildon Moor by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/9734084560\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kestrel, Baildon Moor\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2867\/9734084560_716b490fdd_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few minutes later I heard the keekee of a Kestrel again and spotted this one with a rodent in its talon.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kestrel, Baildon Moor by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/9734083826\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kestrel, Baildon Moor\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7381\/9734083826_9487674f04_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The noise was because it was being chased by a female Kestrel that probably wanted the rodent for itself.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kestrel, Baildon Moor by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/9734083412\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kestrel, Baildon Moor\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7375\/9734083412_8c5bbbb31d_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They then had a bit of a noisy scrap on the wall<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kestrel, Baildon Moor by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/9734081942\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kestrel, Baildon Moor\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5491\/9734081942_c2877f20dc_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But quite soon they separated and one of them was quickly back hunting again.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kestrel, Baildon Moor by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/9734082730\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kestrel, Baildon Moor\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7324\/9734082730_0fd089cce1_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And just to show I don&#8217;t only watch birds here is a photo of a Silver Y moth which is apparently a common Summer migrant.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Silver Y Moth, Baildon Moor by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/9730854755\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silver Y Moth, Baildon Moor\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3754\/9730854755_bf33793b10_z.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a copy of my posting to the Friends of Baildon Moor site. Kestrels are often seen when on Baildon Moor and one of my recent visits was no exception. Over near Glovershaw there are often Crows and this shot shows that the Crows did not want the Kestrel hanging around their patch. 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