Any ideas anyone

[poohbear]

Photographed by an aquaintance...he says looked slightly larger than a kestrel, photographed over garden.Any ideas anyone?

[FUDGEY]

looks like a male kestrel.

[Pigeon feather]

Male Kestrel for me too

[Fieldfare95]

Male kestrel, I often mix them up with sparrowhawks in flight

[RoyW]

Originally Posted by poohbear

Photographed by an aquaintance...he says looked slightly larger than a kestrel, photographed over garden.Any ideas anyone?

Agreed, it's a male Kestrel - they can be quite rich buff underneath sometimes.

Gallery photo:


It's interesting to note the observers estimation of the size, which shows how easy it is to over estimate the size of a lone bird seen overhead (especially when you remember that male kestrels are smaller than the females).

Roy.