A BIRD enthusiast has captured an action shot of two birds of prey fighting over their dinner. Colin Mitchell photographed a short-eared owl being ‘harassed’ by a resident male kestrel near Wimborne.
This bird of prey has long served as a symbol of hunting and the ruthlessness of the natural world. The poet Ted Hughes described the kestrel as a kind of supernatural “hallucination”, due to ...
Falcons belong to a group of unrelated birds called raptors (or birds of prey), which are distinguished mainly by ... In fact ...
A close-up of the stomach shows undigested bones, teeth, fur, flesh, and feathers—clues to what the kestrel ... prey, digested what it could, and regurgitated parts such as bones and teeth. This ...
THE UK'S "hovering hunter" was spotted ready to catch an unsuspecting prey at a Worcestershire landmark. A kestrel, otherwise known as Falco tinnunculus, was ready to swoop onto some unsuspecting prey ...
A BIRD of prey is set to make a full recovery after being hit by a car in the Cotswolds. The Kestrel had been suspected of being involved in a road traffic accident in Chipping Norton.
A kestrel, otherwise known as Falco tinnunculus, was ready to swoop onto some unsuspecting prey when a Worcester News Camera Club member captured the bird mid-flight on the Malvern Hills. Jacqui ...
one of the theories suggests hunters positioned near the waterfowl used the flutes to imitate the call of birds of prey, especially the Eurasian Sparrowhawk and the Common Kestrel. When the ...
Three birds of prey also call ACNC home: Cricket the American Kestrel, and Soren and Bridgette the Red-tailed Hawks. The animals are a part of the education team as they teach visitors about wildlife ...