I watched this fine pair of Kestrel struggling to feed their four chicks in overcast conditions for four hours yesterday.
They were out constantly hunting over rough grass fields and coastline looking for Voles, Lizards and Slow worm but none were moving in the cold windy conditions.
At two thirty pm the clouds rolled away to expose warm sunshine and a feeding frenzy of all the above prey items began in Ernest.
When I eventually left three hours later all the chicks were well fed and settled down and watching with fascinated as flies flew into their nest attracted by prey remains and now the adult birds could finally ' Enjoy a little down Time too'
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