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WOW!!! What a capture, I can't tell you just how green I've turned here. To use one of your words, its a Stonking photo.

Thanks for this! :-0

John :-)

Sorry now that I've got my breath back, wow, THey are solitary birds really and you only (obviously not) see them together in courtship! Maybe the wind put them together by chance approaching the branch from opposite directions. The surprise on their face may be with each other as well as you. On the other hand maybe they don't care much for the rules and like each others company.

Whatever is true, its a very cool shot! a card shot in my mind well done.

John :-)

Wow!  Lucky you to have seen them and what a great photo.  You can almost feel the wind blowing.  The closest I get to kestrels is seeing them hover over road verges as I drive by.  I hope I get to visit this Venus Pool someday.  Sounds like quite a place!

Don't know how I 'suggested this as an answer'    .......... just happened when I posted my praise for the shot!!!!

What a cracking photo MarJus. I just love the way they are carefully not looking at each other, on the lines of "I do not see you, therefore you are not there..."

Hi MarJus

Lovely lovely shot - never seen one that close up before.  It's a double stonker for me!

Lovely shot!

Nice shot marjus I was at venus pool July/august waiting to catch a sighting of an osprey, he'd been around most the week. Saw some photos of him on a website forgot which one though. I'll try & find it again. Never saw the osprey:( I might pop to Venus pool this week as i'm in the area.

Here is that website of the osprey at Venus pool in July some amazing photos on here. http://shropshirebirder.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html

Thanks everyone! I was very pleased to see this let alone capture it!

John - they sat together for over 5 mins and seemed quite at ease with one another which is why I wondered about them being siblings? The female eventually flew off to hunt and the male stayed for a long time! He then went down and caught a vole we think, which he took back up to the branch to eat (got pics but too dark...). Then he went down to the ground again, but I couldn't see what he had!

He then flew back up and stayed perched again for a long time! Never had such good sightings of kestrels!!

Nisus - yes that's Jim Almond's site! Absolutely superb photos he takes!! He was there Sunday so no doubt he will soon post pics which will be far superior to mine!! Lol!!

Marjus, I just had to congratulate you on capturing that photograph of the TWO kestrels. I am so jealous.

Thank you Brenda! :-)

I think you must be right, family is the most likely! but what a great shot. Your friend at  the pool will do well to beat that. there is a real soft quality about it, It is BRILLIANT. I am still green all over!

John :-)