Kestrel vs Jackdaw | Brutal Fight To Defend 6 Kestrel Bird Eggs
The female kestrel in my garden has won yet another a bitter battle to protect her eggs - this time fighting off marauding jackdaws in a bloody and vicious fight.
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FORMIDABLE FALCON
Mrs Kes is a formidable falcon and last year bravely fought jackdaws, barn owls and a tyrannical tawny owl to keep her eggs safe. (Click here to read the story: )
DEFENDING THE NEST
Now she has had to summon up her strength again as barn owls, a new male kestrel, not her mate, and a pair of marauding jackdaws mount a series of devastating raids on her nest. Nest sites are hotly contested in spring, and my cameras reveal that the battle for the best site is brutal.
EGGS SCATTER
In the last of several vicious clashes, the female kestrel gets covered in blood and