It stayed for four short periods and called out to the female, but the female did not appear.
28 February: The kestrels have still not reappeared
1 March: the pair returned
5 March: the last appearance of the female
6/7 March: the male appeared for a few minutes each day and called out
8/9 March: no kestrels
10 March: the male returns in the afternoon for several hours
11/12/13 March: the male waits several times for long periods hoping the female returns
14 March: a female finally appeared in the afternoon
17 Apr 18:26 first egg laid
20 Apr 06:41 second egg laid (53 hours after first egg)
22 Apr 12:40 third egg laid (60 hours after second egg)
24 Apr 15:23 fourth egg laid (50 hours after third egg)
26 Apr 17:01 fifth egg (49 hours after fourth egg)
28 Apr 05:53 sixth egg (60 hours after fifth egg)
20 May the computer creating the three YouTube feeds failed.
There is now only one temporary feed using the Synology NAS
27 May 06:41 the first egg cracks open
27 May 08:04 the second chick starts to hatch
28 May 02:48 the female moved the broken egg shell of third chick
28 May 07:19 the fourth chick emerges
28 May 17:11 broken egg shell seen
28 May 17:22 the fifth chick observed and
29 May 18:28 the sixth chick emerges (timelapse video)
3 June the YouTube feeds were restored
27 June 08:40 the first juvenile kestrel flies from the nest. A second leaves later in the day
28 June two more leave the nest having spent time on the camera perch
29 June the fifth juvenile leaves
30 June 18:38 the last juvenile kestrel finally leaves the nest having spent all day alone
1 July 06:00 a juvenile returns looking for food
5 July a young male kestrel visits the nest
7 July-9 July the young male returns each morning
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