The Common Kestrel is the bird that hovers over motorway verges, farmland and sand dunes while it surveys the ground for the mice, voles and other small creatures that it preys upon. The specimens on this page were photographed at Praia Da Rocha and Alvor.
Sue Parker's latest ebook is a revised and enlarged second edition of the acclaimed Wildflowers in the Algarve - an introductory guide. Full details here...