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Geoff Williams. Pete Gullane. Roger Cook. The Kestrels were a vocal harmony quartet from Bristol, England, most notable as the group through which the songwriting team of Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway first met and started composing jointly.
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The term kestrel (from French: crécerelle, derivative from crécelle, i.e. ratchet) is the common name given to several species of predatory birds from the falcon genus Falco.
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Scientific name: Falco tinnunculus. The kestrel is a familiar sight hovering over the side of the road, looking out for its favourite food: small mammals like field voles. It prefers open habitats like grassland, farmland and heathland, but can be seen in towns and villages.
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The common kestrel was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the current binomial name Falco tinnunculus. Linnaeus specified the type location as Europe but restricted this to Sweden in 1761. The genus name is Late Latin from falx, falcis, a sickle, referencing the claws...
The common kestrels measures 32–39 cm (12+1⁄2–15+1⁄2 in) from head to tail, with a wingspan of 65–82 cm (25+1⁄2–32+1⁄2 in). The females is noticeably larger, with the adult male weighing 136–252 g (4+3⁄4–8+7⁄8 oz), around 155 g (5+1⁄2 oz) on average; the adult female weighs 154–314 g (5+3⁄8–11+1⁄8 oz), around 184 g (6+1⁄2 oz) on average. They are t...
In the cool-temperate parts of its range, the common kestrel migrates south in winter; otherwise it is sedentary, though juveniles may wander around in search for a good place to settle down as they become mature. It is a diurnal animal of the lowlands and prefers open habitat such as fields, heaths, shrubland and marshland. It does not require woo...
The kestrel is sometimes seen, like other birds of prey, as a symbol of the power and vitality of nature. In "Into Battle" (1915), the war poet Julian Grenfellinvokes the superhuman characteristics of the kestrel among several birds, when hoping for prowess in battle: Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) writes on the kestrel in his poem "The Windhove...
Common kestrel media from ARKiveCommon kestrel page at Israel Birding Portal- F. tinnunculus
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Kestrels are, however, very adaptable birds and will make use of any opportunities as they arrive, including taking birds, especially nestlings, invertebrates, bats, reptiles and amphibians but they lack the agility to be especially good predators of birds, unlike the other falcons Merlin, Peregrine and Hobby. Each Kestrel requires the equivalent of 4-8 voles a day.
The Kestrel is a dove-sized bird of prey with a large, broad tail and long, narrow wings. Length. Kestrels measure between 27 and 35 centimetres from their bill tip to the end of their tail. Weight. Kestrels, like many birds of prey, are sexually dimorphic. Males weigh 136 to 253 grams, and females are significantly heavier at 154 to 314 grams.
