A Kestrel for a Nic

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The sun finally put in an appearance today, so we went off to RSPB Old Moor. Of course I'd hoped to get bird no. 133, but a very distant little stint, and a blurry tree sparrow just couldn't compete with this fine creature looking resplendent in the late afternoon sunshine. The kestrel has strong associations with this area because of Barry Hines' book A Kestrel for a Knave, on which the film Kes was based.
Nicola is the RSPB volunteer who tweets for Old Moor, and today is here birthday, so Nicola - this one is for you :-)