Birds of prey over m1

what are the birds of prey always flying above m1 motorway around junction 32/34

always see them every day

there not kestrels

Buzzards probably. If they glide up in a wide spiral and it's a lot bigger than a kestrel it will be a buzzard.

i thought that

They aren't Klingons are they?

Is it just me or are there far fewer Kestrels than in years gone by? I rarely see one these days but as a kid I saw them daily.

Is it just me or are there far fewer Kestrels than in years gone by? I rarely see one these days but as a kid I saw them daily.

The numbers are dropping through the floor Alan. Modern farming takes a lot of the blame but I can't help but think the increased numbers of buzzards and red kites, majestic as they are, aren't helping the kestrels.

The numbers are dropping through the floor Alan. Modern farming takes a lot of the blame but I can't help but think the increased numbers of buzzards and red kites, majestic as they are, aren't helping the kestrels.

I live close to the edge north west Sheffield, lots of open farmland a stones throw away. I would have thought I'd see plenty of hovering Kestrels on my dog walks, but no, sadly.

I live close to the edge north west Sheffield, lots of open farmland a stones throw away. I would have thought I'd see plenty of hovering Kestrels on my dog walks, but no, sadly.

That farmland is one reason for a decline, kestrels hunt in rough grassland which is why we often see them hovering over grass verges on roadsides.