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
Is this Mr K? ... obviously moulting & looking even more scruffy in strong breeze (hence sound muted) ... can't make my mind up even though showing all the usual traits!
Still querying if this male is Mr K ... perched on cliff @ 09.05 this morning ... video action failed but fortunately had a couple of pics ...
This one taken from aborted vid
It's nice to see a Mr K ... whoever he is but you're going to have to decide sooner or later who he is. We can't keep having a questionable Mr K If it is a new one though I'm not sure Mr K2 sounds right ... more like a mountain.
I feel that this Kestrel who visited twice on 26th for a long time is a new male ... what strikes me most is the pristine state of his feathers, as if nearing completion of first moult, & his noticeable white eyebrows??
First visit @ 08.16, was there til gone 10.00 but didn't get the fly-off
Bit of a long vid but good views of his feathers as he preens
Slowed down clip
Came back with prey @ 12.46
So many flies in the heatwave conditions
He hopped up to a higher ledge & perched for another long time ... no fly-off again as 32Gb card was full to bursting! Lol