Thursday, 27 August 2015

Kestrel at NT Sutton Hoo

After the Sutton Hoo ship-burial helmet

I was up at NT Sutton Hoo this afternoon ...



... and spotted a Kestrel near the boundary with the farmer's field.


It was flying and perching ...


... flying and perching as it quartered its territory.

Presumably a female on account of head colour?

After a while I saw it take off towards the river Deben, above Woodbridge.


I sat down near the burial mounds to admire the Harebells.


It was a warm, and slightly humid, 23 degrees centigrade ...


... but an hour later when I was safely home, there was a cloudburst, followed by one of the most impressive double-rainbows I have seen.

Double rainbow, showing Alexander's band
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3 comments:

  1. eileeninmd28 August 2015 at 11:33

    Hello Caroline, cool sighting and captures of the Kestrel. The helmet is neat and I love the double rainbow. Happy Friday, enjoy your weekend!

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  2. Crafty Green Poet28 August 2015 at 16:10

    Always great to get a good sighting of a kestrel! Lovely harebells and rainbows (two things we have plenty of in Scotland!)

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  3. Ragged Robin31 August 2015 at 11:40

    Lovely to see the kestrel. Would love to be near enough to visit Sutton Hoo. Beautiful photos of the harebells and rainbow.

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