I have photographed quite a few kestrels but this one looks different to me, the fan of the tail is white with black ends, most of the photos I have taken is a brown fan. Any comments would be welcomed.

Google lens is suggesting Lesser Kestrel and a quick google shows it could be ... a rare sight in Uk apparently ... but I can't personally verify!

I don't see it as much different to a lot of Kestrels I have photographed. he worst colour \I would ever call one would be creamy. 

Wendy it was my first thought when I looked in my bird book RSPB Britain’s 

birds page 324 Lesser Kestrel. It would be nice to think I have seen and photographed a very rare falcon. 

It was the rusty orangey red on shoulders which looked like a particular google pic! ...

en.m.wikipedia.org/.../Lesser_kestrel

it will be interesting if you can see it again and get better pics and have it confirmed as a Lesser Kestrel, though I can't see anything that says it isn't a standard male Kestrel - colour looks a little oversaturated but that would be down to camera / settings.

Good to hear from you again ILR.

I'll leave the ID to the more knowledgeable in the community, though if it is a lesser kestrel, what a find.

Hi Mike pleased your posting again I hope things have improved for you 

I have put the feelers out and waiting for a reply. As soon as I hear anything

I shall let those interested the outcome. 

I think I would go with Kestrel and put the colour down to having a blue sky and sunshine off the back - sun has been such a rare occurrence this year 

i love robins said:

Hi Mike pleased your posting again I hope things have improved for you 

I have put the feelers out and waiting for a reply. As soon as I hear anything

I shall let those interested the outcome. 

Thank you ILR, and it's good to see your posts again too. I'm back, though things are still, dare I say, 'at an interesting stage'.

After Norfolk, things are not what they should be, but that was a good weeks holiday and I shall "repent at leisure" as they say.