hobby (bird)

What is a hobby?

Hobbies are birds of prey with white cheeks and yellow and black hooked beaks. They can be distinguished from kestrels by their red thighs.

Diet

Hobbies hunt on the wing and can even catch swallows and swifts in mid flight, as well as larger insects such as dragonflies.

Migrations

Hobbies migrate to the UK in the summer to breed and head south for the winter, leaving as early as late August.

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