We take a look at the birds of prey with the largest numbers in the world and the reasons behind their healthy population ...

A Common Kestrel (Spanjulett) and a Merlin (Seqer ta' Denbu) were last week released on Comino by BirdLife Malta after being rehabilitated and treated for different injuries sustained due to illegal ...

A common kestrel (Spanjulett) and a merlin (Seqer ta’ Denbu) were last week released on Comino by BirdLife Malta after being rehabilitated and treated for different injuries sustained due to illegal ...

After weeks of rehabilitation, a male and a female Common Kestrel (Spanjulett) were in the past days released in Comino. The male, nicknamed ‘Baal’, after the Phoenician God known as ‘rider of clouds’ ...

Zhou Lei from the Beijing Raptor Rescue Center returns a common kestrel chick to its nest at Jingliang Yuegu residential community in Fengtai district, Beijing. [Photo provided to China Daily] Group ...

Technically, this wonderful bird of prey is called the common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), although it is probably the only raptor better known by one of several affectionate nicknames: ‘kes’, ‘kessie ...

I started using the 300-foot road in Purbachol early to take shortcuts on my way to and from Sylhet. In its infancy it was a gravel road full of bumps and potholes but it still beat the merciless ...

A kestrel is about 32-36 centimetres long with a wingspan of 74-78 centimetres. They are a common breeding species found on farmland here all year round. Kestrels are about the size of a jackdaw.

The bird protection organisation SVS/BirdLife Switzerland said on Tuesday that a webcam had made a breeding pair with five young famous well beyond the Swiss borders. Internet users were able to ...

When the Beijing Raptor Rescue Center recently rescued two common kestrel chicks it received from different sources, it quickly established that the birds were siblings. With the help of the center's ...