It sits there for hours on end using its vantage points to scan the fields below for prey, it will usually give up a good hover if you stick around long enough for the show. Today however something interrupted its routine. As I was driving by I looked up and saw the bird on one of its usual perches being mobbed by two rooks.
It took off and was chased further down the road by the crows, however the rooks didn't hang around very long gave up the chase and moved on. I drove down towards the kestrel which had perched up and took some photos. The encounter had been quite physical with lots of contact, the kestrel had the scars to prove it!
