Kestrel Links

Kestrel species

Gordon Riddle's Kestrel web site - Common Kestrel information and specifically on his Scotland long term study on kestrels
Kestrel CAM - Belgium - Common Kestrel nest, Belgium
Kestrel CAM - Israel - nest of activites on the Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. building, Petach Tikva, Israel
Enel Kestrel CAM in Italy's new web site - Web CAM of the Common Kestrel and other falcons
KestrelCam 2006 - a great web site featuring several cameras (colour, infrared, etc) in an American Kestrel nestbox, pictures, forum, blog, online store and lots more
Kestrel pictures by Harry Leurmans - a nice collection of kestrel pictures from The Netherlands
Mangoverde World Bird Guide Family Page: Falcons and Caracaras - Information with pictures of many of the kestrel species
Netherlands Common Kestrel web CAM - A web site with a Web cam in the nest of a Common Kestrel in Dongen, The Netherlands
Lesser Kestrel web site - Excellent site on Lesser Kestrel research and biology in France (in French)
Wildlink Kestrel CAM - UK - Common Kestrel web cam - currently inactive as female died just before the breeding season - last years pictures available
Ranger Steve's Kestrel CAM - 2005 - American Kestrel web cam
Dutch Peregrine Workgroup Kestrel CAM - Netherlands - Common Kestrel web cam
BTO Kestrel status page - the population status of the Common Kestrel in the United Kindom in 2004
Enel Kestrel CAM - Italy - Common Kestrel web cam
Kestrels Across America - information about the American Kestrel, how to build, maintain, and observe nest boxes and links to other kestrel sites
American Kestrel master list - American Kestrel species information from the USGS
American Kestrel 2001 nestbox video - archived material on the nesting of an American Kestrel pair
BBC Kestrel facts - Common Kestrel species information from the BBC
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Hawks and Balchatri trap design (basic)
Kestrels are leaving - Common Kestrel breeding in Linz, Germany, in 1998, archived material still available (this was one of the first Common Kestrel web cams). Very good basic information on the Common Kestrel.
Lesser Kestrel Cam - archived material
Lesser Kestrel Research Israel
Rock Kestrel Roberts Text - Draft - Roberts is the standard reference work for birds in Southern Africa
RUG - Deerenberg, C.M. PhD thesis - Parental energy and fitness costs in birds
Tårnfalkekamera - archived web cam shots from the nesting of Common Kestrels in 2001
The Birdhouse Network - American Kestrel
The Birdhouse Network: Kestrel Archive
The Hawk Conservancy - Kestrel
The Kestrel Box Homepage
The Peregrine Fund - Conservation Projects - Mauritius Kestrel
American Kestrel information on KestrelCreek - species text
Nesting American Kestrels - a series of photographs through the nesting cycle
Action Plan for Lesser Kestrels - a conservation Action Plan for the Lesser Kestrel by Jean-Pierre Biber (April 1996)

Ringing

RRBO American Kestrel banding
ProTouch Bird Band Engraving - this is where I get my kestrel colour rings from
Trap Catalog - balchatri picture
Colour ringed birds incl raptors

Areas

Cape Nature Cons. Nature Reserves
Cape Peninsula National Park

Other

Falconry with Kestrels - Using kestrels for falconry, specifically American Kestrels
Global Raptor Information Network (GRIN) - Peregrine Fund's raptor network and resource web site - all people serious about raptors should join GRIN
Wildlife Counts - software to help estimate large numbers of animals quickly. This kind of software could be useful for volunteers in the Migrating Kestrel Project
World Migratory Bird Day - Official web site of the World Migratory Bird Day - 8 & 9 April 2006
USGS Raptor Information Management System Bibliography Search - excellent online literature reference database for raptors
Kestrel's Eye - kestrel movie
Kestrel FM Online - radio station
South African National Bird Of Prey Centre - in South Africa
Birds of Prey Working Group - EWT - in South Africa
Western Cape Raptor Research Programme - programme at UCT
Zandvlei Trust – Western Cape Raptor Research Programme