Monthly marathon

01 March 2004
Comments Other Photo no. 203 (plate 77) shows three falcons gathered at the entrance to what is obviously a nest-site. Most birders will immediately recognise these birds as kestrels and, with just two species breeding within the Western Palearctic, the choice lies b...
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Kestrel pellets at a winter roost

01 July 1960
Comments Main paper D U R I N G T H E W I N T E R of 1958-59 I collected 113 pellets of Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) beneath roosts in a disused quarry near the Dale estuary, Pembrokeshire. The quarry is on a steep bracken-covered hillside surrounded by farmland and the salt...
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