ANIMAL

BIRD
KESTREL
WE CAN FIND THEM WIDESPREAD AND OFTEN COMING
AROUND IN A BIG GROUP OF BIRDS. THEY CAN BE
CONSIDERED AS THE BIGGEST FLOCK OF BIRDS PREY IN
EUROPE
JUST COMES AND VISIT US
TO WATCH ONE OF THE BEST
FLYING EXPERINCES!
They normally lives around of few habitats such as woodland, farmland,
fresh-mashes or even at town centre. Basically anywhere that it can find prey.
During autumn season, a lot of kestrels coming from Low Countries, Scandinavia
and central Europe. During that time, you can spot them easily around sea walls
and salting area along the east shore of The Wash where there is recorded
almost 70 kestrels spotted there.
Kestrel can hangs and fly at a height of 20 or 30 feet poised in the air with
quivering wings and widespread depressed tail searching the prey at ground
below. If there is no prey around, it will make fly forward or in circle for a few times
to make sure the prey is at the ground. Beside that, the common kestrel is the
only kestrel in Britain that can do hovering while heading into the wind while hunting.
Despite being persecuted during the 19th century when gamekeepers virtually
vanished them from some parts of the British Isles, the kestrel has made a
remarkable comeback and despite recently 29% reduction in the population but it
still number roughly around 35,000 pairs. One of the main reason why they recovery
so fast because it has learned and find new hunting area such as roadsides
and town centre. It’s also able to switch to different prey for each occasion and
season.
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