At the Leinepolder near Einbeck there is a little hill to the west, where you can walk. There are lost of fields and winter crops growing which attract all sorts of birds of prey, just like one couple of common kestrels or “Turmfalken” in German.
They are falcons and very fast. Whats also special about them is their “rüttelflug”, where they smash their wings fast to stay at the same spot in air while they are looking for prey.
I managed to get some great footage of them:
Time and location: Dez 2025, location: “Leinepolder”, Lower Saxony, Germany
Shot with: a6700, 300mm f/2.8 GM + TC14 @420mm f/4, 1/2500, ISO4000 6192×4128.
Time and location: Dez 2025, location: “Leinepolder”, Lower Saxony, Germany
Shot with: a6700, 300mm f/2.8 GM + TC14 @420mm f/4, 1/2500, ISO1000 2344×1515.
Time and location: Dez 2025, location: “Leinepolder”, Lower Saxony, Germany
Shot with: a6700, 300mm f/2.8 GM + TC14 @420mm f/4, 1/2500, ISO1000 2378×1298.
Time and location: Dez 2025, location: “Leinepolder”, Lower Saxony, Germany
Shot with: a6700, 300mm f/2.8 GM + TC14 @420mm f/4, 1/2500, ISO1000 1738×1241.
And here the female, distinguishable by the black dots on the back and the grey head:
Time and location: Dez 2025, location: “Leinepolder”, Lower Saxony, Germany
Shot with: a6700, 300mm f/2.8 GM + TC14 @420mm f/4, 1/500, ISO500 1235×715
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