Eric Medard / Female kestrel (Falco tunniculus) taking lizard prey gift from male, Mayenne, France

Christophe Courteau / Male Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) feeding juvenile, France, May.

Dietmar Nill / Slow motion clip of a male Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) hovering, Germany, May.

Bence Mate / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) mobbing Euasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) Pusztaszer, Hungary, June.

Laurent Geslin / Two Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) on a stone wall in Paris, with tourists in the background. France

Laurent Geslin / Two juvenile Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) on a wall, hiding their faces in their wings. Paris, France

Loic Poidevin / Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) pair on branch, Masai Mara, Kenya. March.

Tony Heald / Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) female feeding on small mammal prey. Richmond Park, London, England, UK. December.

Nick Upton / Female Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) soliciting male to mate with her by crouching down on a cliff ledge near their nest site, Cornwall, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) female perched on a cliff ledge while eating a Common shrew (Sorex araneus) brought by her mate as a courtship gift and held in her talons, Cornwall, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) male hovering overhead, Cornwall, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) pair copulating on cliff ledge, Cornwall, UK, April.