A Kestrel hunting lizards in the Gorse
There’s a male Common Kestrel on Aylesbeare Common. It’s remarkable how far away from a potential meal it begins its wing-folded descent. There are lizards on the heathland and they make a great meal for a top predator.
Here it is, powering through the Gorse after an unsuccessful hunt:
![Common Kestrel - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Common-Kestrel-The-Hall-of-Einar-12-725x484.jpg)
Male Common Kestrels have an attractive chestnut brown speckled back with a grey tail with a black band at the end. It looks fabulous as it cuffs the air into submission:
![Common Kestrel - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Common-Kestrel-The-Hall-of-Einar-11-725x483.jpg)
My favourite photograph, however, isn’t the one you might expect. It’s this:
![Common Kestrel - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Common-Kestrel-The-Hall-of-Einar-14-725x483.jpg)
It’s the view a lucky lizard gets.