Had a proper valentine's day sighting yesterday.

Heard a screech outside and a winged form shot past the window so I hurried upstairs for the binoculars and looked out.
A kestrel was just landing on one of the garden fence posts. As I was wondering if it was a male or a female he took flight again and moved over to another fence post where he mated with the waiting female!
At the same time I spotted movement across the field and there was a third kestrel, presumably anothe male who had just been chased away.

I've no idea whee they ar nesting but there is a ruined farmhouse two fields away that is probably full of arificial rock-face sites for them.