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Kestrel Nesting-Diary 2024
It has been a curious winter with only a few cold days. Spring seems not too far away and the birds are
quite active already. Also our couple of kestrel shows up regularly. One can see them in the church-garden and on the roof,
sometimes also in their niche. The cheeky jackdaws also keep making an appearance, but are immediately shooed out of the niche.
One of the storks has already been seen in the eyrie on the church roof for four weeks, and his partner has also arrived again.
It should now only be a few weeks before the first eggs are laid, and we will report back in good time.
Even if it doesn't look like it, the falcons are always on site, this morning a jackdaw was once again in the
niche, but was warned in time by her partner before the tercel had clarified the ownership situation quite quickly.
Next door on the church roof, the white storks are already breeding, so fingers crossed for a successful brood. We will report back here too.
Over the last few days, there have been a couple of confrontations with the jackdaws, during which the camera was touched and slipped. It is always quite an effort to set it up again on site, and the branches that were brought in were also removed. Let's see how long it lasts....