kestral v cormorant

[lanie1]

hi every one, can anybody help,i have for some weeks now been watching two lovely kestral fly and hover on the island near my home where i walk but for the last 4/5 days no sign or sound could they of just moved on or could it be the two cormorant that seem to of taken a shine to the same place as the kestral i really couldnt belive it when i saw these birds sat in the top of a tree having never seen them ever before.lanie

[aeshna5]

Cormorants regularly perch on trees + many inland birds nest in them, especially the continental birds of sub-species sinensis. I wouldn't have thought the Cormorants would have deterred the Kestrels from using the tree- maybe they have just moved on?