Kestrel in my garden

Early one morning my fiancée called me downstairs to have a look at a bird of prey that had flown into our garden and was sitting on our fence. While I was grabbing my camera the bird caught a starling and took it into our neighbours' garden to tear it open. Standing on a kitchen chair in nothing but my boxers I pointed the camera over the fence and managed to get this footage.

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Pets & Animals

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• kestrel
• bird
• of
• prey
• kill
• starling
• garden
• uk
• wildlife
• essex

[caitlmac1]

I think that is a Sharp shinned hawk.

[stiltonchoir]

Thanks for the info - will look it up in my bird book.

[Avestruzjr]

I am sorry but that's not a Kestrel it is some type of accipiter. Maybe a coopers or sharp-shinned hawk if you are in the USA, or it could be a sparrow hawk if you are in Europe.

[stiltonchoir]

I'm in the UK, so it's probably a sparrow-hawk.

Sorry to offend any twitchers out there! :)

[eastbelfastno1]

i agree this is a female juvenile sparrowhawk, a kestrel is orange and somewhat a lil smaller.

[dvr365]

its a female juv sparrowhawk, dvr365