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Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks March · Falcons and Caracaras · BOU category A

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
מינוזיג - MinoZig, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.

Lesser Kestrel: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Lesser Kestrel has been recorded in 6 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in March.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
SW71Cornwall, England42026unverified
SV91Isles of Scilly, England252002 to 2023unverified
SV90Isles of Scilly, England82002 to 2023unverified
TA16East Riding of Yorkshire, England22019unverified
HY75Sea, off Orkney Islands12011unverified
TM46Suffolk, England462010unverified

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