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south view 7
13-Jul-07, 21:08
can anyone confirm if this is a young kestrel that i found outside our garden wall tonight.http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/southview7/kes.jpg

Kenn
14-Jul-07, 00:26
What size was it? It could be but I'm not sure.

Jeemag_USA
14-Jul-07, 01:57
Here is another picture I found of a juvenile kestrel if it helps.

It most likely is a Kestrel, its the most common bird of that size in the area, if it is not it would probably either be a Sparrowhawk or a Hobby which is a little harder to find.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/DTrapp/bird.jpg

Ricco
15-Jul-07, 08:00
Certainly not a sparrowhawk - their eyes are yellow. Most probably a young kestrel. I used to see lots of kestrel nests up in the highlands, often in farm buildings.

Rheghead
15-Jul-07, 15:06
I'd say it was a young kestrel.

Pterodroma
15-Jul-07, 15:08
Hi south view 7

How big was your young raptor? Looks a bit like a juvenile Merlin - I would expect a juv Kestrel to more heavily streaked across the breast - but difficult to judge from your photo without any indication of size.

south view 7
15-Jul-07, 22:51
Hi south view 7

How big was your young raptor? Looks a bit like a juvenile Merlin - I would expect a juv Kestrel to more heavily streaked across the breast - but difficult to judge from your photo without any indication of size.
Hi Pterdroma, it is 7 inche"s high and 10 inche"s from head to tail.

sharky
19-Jul-07, 11:56
It's a kestral

south view 7
19-Jul-07, 19:33
It's a kestral
Thank you sharky,thought it was.

Pterodroma
19-Jul-07, 22:06
Sorry to disagree with Sharky, but at only 10 inches its a Merlin.

sharky
20-Jul-07, 16:14
I never looked at the measurements but based it on the colouration as juvenile merlins are usually darker in colour. It looks like the one I rehabilitated a couple of years ago.

kas
21-Jul-07, 15:48
I had a look at a book I have and it looks very like a young Kestrel to me. Although I could easyily be wrong.

Hopefully Nirofro will be along and I am sure he will know.

south view 7
21-Jul-07, 17:37
here is a better photograph.http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/southview7/kes002.jpg

KittyMay
21-Jul-07, 18:41
Tricky one. I thought young Kestrel initially but could be Merlin. You don't know what colour his back is, do you?

sharky
23-Jul-07, 11:24
If that's a merlin I'll eat me hat.

Pterodroma
23-Jul-07, 11:32
As much as I would like to see the spectacle, there is no need for Sharky to eat her/his hat! On that last photo it is clearly a Kestrel.

south view 7
26-Jul-07, 18:28
Kestrel now returned to wild.