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4 unusual facts about Common Kestrel


A Kestrel for a Knave

It is set in Barnsley, South Yorkshire and tells of Billy Casper, a young working class boy troubled at home and at school, who only finds solace when he finds and trains a kestrel whom he names "Kes".

Chapel Brampton

A new build on the site of the former Boughton cold store is named The Windhover after an old name for the Kestrel.

London Outer Orbital Path

In countryside locations the waymarks consist mostly of a simple white disc mounted on a wooden post, with a directional arrow and flying kestrel logo in blue and text in green.

Short-toed Snake Eagle

When quartering open country it frequently hovers like a Kestrel.



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