The magic behind the hover. Kestrels have a remarkable ability to stay put in the air. This is called hovering and whilst other birds of prey are capable, none can do it for as long or as well as the Kestrel. Captured in stunning detail by Lawrence Chatton

@troglodette @LawrenceChatton Love those windfuckers

@LawrenceChatton so inherently graceful. I could watch that for hours; it's actually meditative.

@LawrenceChatton My garden backs onto fields where we get all sorts of birds of prey, possibly even Kestrels ☄️🌝✨

@LawrenceChatton Extraordinary how the head keeps so still. Wouldn’t want to be a vole. I mean, I wouldn’t want to be a vole anyway, but especially not having seen that!

@LawrenceChatton In Dutch, we call that 'the praying of a bird' - hovering in one place by faster wing beats.

@LawrenceChatton All incredibly mesmerizingly beautiful; the kestrel, the minimalistic music, and the video! Thank you!

@LawrenceChatton Such a beautiful bird.

@LawrenceChatton The old name for a kestrel was the windhover. I have always liked that name. Lets keep it.

@LawrenceChatton Never get bored of watching Kestrels hover it's always incredible to watch

@MartinHGames @LawrenceChatton Amazing footage. The kestrels head does not move!