Weather here in the Pennines has been pretty dreadful over last few weeks. We've had rain, snow and some floods. But worst of all was the persistent low cloud/mist. This made photography of the nest almost impossible.
Did see the male flying about calling a while ago so was hoping the female would be around soon. Few days ago heard some calling by kestrels in the mist and I was hopeful the female had returned.
Some better weather has allowed me to get some shots over last couple of days and was assuming the bird I was seeing was the male but after seeing on my PC I'm fairly sure this is actually a female. So it looks like their may at last be both sexes back at the nest.
Kestrel 2018-1 by tblake2007, on Flickr
Kestrel 2018-2 by tblake2007, on Flickr
Hope to confirm that both birds are back over next few days, off to Florence for a break soon so possible they might have started incubating by time I get back.
Did see the male flying about calling a while ago so was hoping the female would be around soon. Few days ago heard some calling by kestrels in the mist and I was hopeful the female had returned.
Some better weather has allowed me to get some shots over last couple of days and was assuming the bird I was seeing was the male but after seeing on my PC I'm fairly sure this is actually a female. So it looks like their may at last be both sexes back at the nest.
Kestrel 2018-1 by tblake2007, on Flickr
Kestrel 2018-2 by tblake2007, on Flickr
Hope to confirm that both birds are back over next few days, off to Florence for a break soon so possible they might have started incubating by time I get back.
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