Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Lesser kestrel {Falco naumanni} female hovering, Sohar, Oman

Konrad Wothe / Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) female flying, Turkey

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

Winfried Wisniewski / Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) pair mating, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Winfried Wisniewski / Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) male, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Winfried Wisniewski / Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) male, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Roger Powell / Pair of Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) mating at the entrance to their nest, Alcantara, Extremadura, Spain.

Roger Powell / Pair of Lesser Kestrels (Falco naumanni) mating at the entrance to their nest, Extremadura, Spain.

Roger Powell / Pair of Lesser kestrels (Falco naumanni) female preening male at entrance to nest site, Extremadura, Spain. March.

Roger Powell / Lesser kestrels (Falco naumanni) pair at nest entrance, female courtship preening the male birds head. Extremadura, Spain.

Roger Powell / Lesser kestrels (Falco naumanni) pair at nest entrance, Extremadura, Spain.

Roger Powell / Two male Lesser kestrels (Falco naumanni) in pursuit flight, one driving off the other from its nesting territory. Extremadura, Spain.