Kestrels

Question

Hello! 
 Was very lucky yesterday to see a pair of kestrels sitting together on a branch at Venus Pool. I have never seen male & female together like it! Do they stay together year round? Or could they be siblings? They were getting rocked about a fair bit with the winds yesterday!!

Teuchter · Answer

Brilliant capture. Extremely well done to get them in focus considering the wind.

Oystercatcher · Answer

Personally speaking i think it's father and daughter. Dont forget that he may still be teaching her to hunt (possibly)... 
 I have seen a pair once on a telegraph line on my local patch. The only time i have though

Nisus · Answer

Hi marjus i popped to venus pool this afternoon inbetween jobs, only for 15-20mins
I saw the kestrels 1 chased the other across the pool then returned to the opposite side of the pool to do a bit of hunting.
The other 1 soon returned to also do some hunting the same side of the pool but not together.

I see jim almond got some shots of the kestrels similar to yours.

http://shropshirebirder.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&updated-max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&max-results=50


Also saw loads of geese but i was a fair distance away & couldn't make them
out. I think they were greylag(not seen these before:) but not sure.
If anyone else was there I just wondered what geese where they?
It was about 2pmish.