Birds on Gotska Sandön

Species List : Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Regular but scarce passage migrant in spring and in autumn. Feeding mainly on small rodents and shrews it is forced to leave Gotska Sandön quickly to escape a certain death. Dead Common Kestrels are sometimes found on the island.

First record:

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Birds on Gotska Sandön. Online since 2001.