Bird of Prey ID please

Perdix

Falco tinnunculus (common kestrel)
Is it still with us? It doesn't look well.

Bridgehouse

Reminds me of an old couple I overheard once..

”Look dear, a Kestrel”

”No dear, that’s a Kite”

”How can you tell?”

”I can see the string..”

Travisthedog

proggy said:

Travisthedog said:

It's not a bloody buzzard you bunch of townies

It's a kestrel 

I live in central London and I see quite a  few kestrels round here.

Probably helps being across the road from Regents Park though.

Yeah but probably don't get too many Buzzards though!!

ArchtopDave

It's definitely not a Norwegian Blue, because it ain't deceased.

Myranda

I had rather imagined this thread might be one of these:


Not sure if dissapointed

Clarky

Myranda said:

I had rather imagined this thread might be one of these:


Not sure if dissapointed

wisdom

Nitefly

Is hamster!  Baseel?

Ravenous

Nitefly said:

Is hamster!  Baseel?

...from my favourite episode of that series! (Siberian hamster, I believe.)

TTony

Perdix said:

Falco tinnunculus (common kestrel)
Is it still with us? It doesn't look well.

@Perdix ;

It flew off into one of the trees shortly after the photos were taken yesterday.

But it didn't make it through the night.

sticker

TTony said:

Perdix said:

Falco tinnunculus (common kestrel)
Is it still with us? It doesn't look well.

@Perdix ;

It flew off into one of the trees shortly after the photos were taken yesterday.

But it didn't make it through the night.

Awaits “What to do with a dead Kestrel ?” Thread.... 

Alnico

TTony said:

Perdix said:

Falco tinnunculus (common kestrel)
Is it still with us? It doesn't look well.

@Perdix ;

It flew off into one of the trees shortly after the photos were taken yesterday.

But it didn't make it through the night.

That's sad.

Why did it die?
Had it had an accident or wasn't it possible to tell?

Ravenous

Probably just a harsh winter, it's especially tough for juveniles to get enough food to get through the winter.

(Bear in mind one pair breeding over their lifetime needs to leave just a few surviving adult offspring, to keep the population up.)

darthed1981

TTony said:

Perdix said:

Falco tinnunculus (common kestrel)
Is it still with us? It doesn't look well.

@Perdix ;

It flew off into one of the trees shortly after the photos were taken yesterday.

But it didn't make it through the night.

Poor creature

proggy

Travisthedog said:

proggy said:

Travisthedog said:

It's not a bloody buzzard you bunch of townies

It's a kestrel 

I live in central London and I see quite a  few kestrels round here.

Probably helps being across the road from Regents Park though.

Yeah but probably don't get too many Buzzards though!!

There might be a few, I haven't visited London Zoo for a few years.

57Deluxe

Sparrow Hawks are only just larger than an adult Blackbird but take down fat Pigeons with ease...

I have had one racing down the garden after a Blackbird and its wings brushed my face at full flight speed!

Seems yours' like a young Kestrel who's been on the Kestrel...

http://www.mozartspirits.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Kestrel-super-4-pack.jpg

darthed1981

Travisthedog said:

proggy said:

Travisthedog said:

It's not a bloody buzzard you bunch of townies

It's a kestrel 

I live in central London and I see quite a  few kestrels round here.

Probably helps being across the road from Regents Park though.

Yeah but probably don't get too many Buzzards though!!

Why not?

According to this there are 40,000 breeding pairs in the UK, and they are one of our most common birds of prey?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_buzzard

darthed1981

Myranda said:

I had rather imagined this thread might be one of these:


Not sure if dissapointed

Does that make @TTony the Enterprise then?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hvh2oFBkEk

not_the_dj

sticker said:

TTony said:

Perdix said:

Falco tinnunculus (common kestrel)
Is it still with us? It doesn't look well.

@Perdix ;;

It flew off into one of the trees shortly after the photos were taken yesterday.

But it didn't make it through the night.

Awaits “What to do with a dead Kestrel ?” Thread.... 

Stick it in a jiffy and post it to me!

(semi serious question to the op, where's the carcass now?)

TTony

@not_the_dj - corner of the log cabin verandah, under an old bit of dog bedding.  Why?

lasermonkey

According to some of the RSPB experts, chances are the kestrel was taking risks due to hunger caused by the cold snap. If it did hit the window, which I think is highly likely, it may well have been seriously injured as a result.
Poor, little thing. Kestrels are probably my favourite birds.