Two New Year Wishes ... firstly that Mr K visits tomorrow to start our year off right!
... secondly that a beautiful female appears to sweep Mr K off his feet & into that nest hole!
Thanks for all your support & encouragement during this past year ... 2018 thread here ... https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/196252/kestrels-in-the-quarry-201
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
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Nige Flickr
Lot to learn
Never know when/if I shall see Mr K again or if he is the Daddy a couple of miles down the road, was delighted to have a visit today ... but more about that later!
Whilst downloading footage I found some pics/vid from 14th May which I knew nothing about ... taken by Mick who may have forgotten to mention, or I forgot, neither of us can remember (joys of ageing! Lol)
I had come on here to post some very sad news about the local nature reserve chicks having received this message on 18th May ...
*** our kestrel chicks have not survived. The male is MIA and we haven't seen him for some time, we're not sure if they've had a poisoned meal or there's just not enough food. The female is still bringing food to the nest. It's all very sad.***
So, really no idea if Mr K would be back .... thankfully today he was...
No birdsong on this one, drowned out by the wind!
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Regards, Hazel
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Kind regards, Ann