CEH Kestrels

🎉 Cameras are live 🎉 The 2021 live stream of the @UK_CEH Kestrels has begun. You can watch live 24/7, from either the outside (youtu.be/a9WHx1O_-FQ) or inside (youtu.be/uZ7vwGeQ36U). If you see something exciting tweet us about it! 🐣🐤🐥

This year's fledglings are hanging around the buildings, still being fed by mum and dad – at South East, England

Our kestrels are getting very defensive and not so happy about the Red Kites hanging around – at Camberwell, London

Hi everyone, sorry for our silence. Unfortunately we have had technical problems this year and have not been able to run the cameras. We hope to get them fixed for next year.

And then there were 2... The kestrel chicks are slowly moving out of the box and into the tree. With the outside camera not working these might be some of the last images we see of them

One of our chicks appears to have left the box. It might be lower in the tree or on the ground. Unfortunately without the outside camera it is hard to know more

The chicks' first sets of feathers are starting to be noticeable now!

One of the chicks eats half of a vole in one mouthful 🤣 Mums in the background thinking "Where did the rest of the vole go?!"

The chicks are starting to practice flapping their wings! More than one instance of another chick getting a wing to the face! 🙈

It's pretty chilly overnight so the chicks are all huddling together to keep warm.

Overnight the chicks are pretty fidgety! They move about quite a bit while mum sleeps in the entrance to the box.

Here is a time lapse of s feeding session. Everyone gets a piece of the pie! 🍰

🌞 Rise and shine 🌞 The chicks are waking up! It is clearly a bit chilly at 4am as they are all huddled together.

Feeding time *chirp chirp chirp*

Now is a great time to be tuning in to the kestrel camera. The chicks are being fed regularly and they are growing a lot from one day to the next. buff.ly/2S39rnj

Chicks are all looking happy and healthy!

Today is prime time for kestrel watching! Lots of feeding of the 5 newly hatched kestrels. Rewind to 13:00 for some feeding. youtu.be/uZ7vwGeQ36U

Wonderful clip of mum feeding her chick

Our first chick has hatched! Look out for more in the coming days