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ramtops ([personal profile] ramtops) wrote2002-07-07 10:09 am

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driving home yesterday from Backwell, we stopped at a T junction, to see a kestrel hovering about fifteen feet away from us. She was close to the ground - only a few feet - and thankfully there was nobody behind us, so we could stop and watch her.

she hovered for a few moments, then stooped and immediately rose again, coming to rest on a fence with her prey. People who know me will know that I have a particular fondness for kestrels, and that's the closest I've ever seen on in the wild. A glorious sight, one to lift the heart.