| The kestrel or windhover acts in quite a different fashion to the sparrow-hawk. |
| Hopkins Windhover takes a mouse, the ring doves greedily eat the corn. |
| Instead it is a favorite of morning, a little brown-grey falcon, called the windhover because, hurling itself headlong into the wind, it rides on the crest of that wind. |
| A dialect name for the kestrel – alongside such felicities as windhover and bell-hawk – is wind-fucker. |
| As illustrating a remarkable quality of flight, the case of the kestrel or windhover may be taken. |
| Windhover provides its information and analysis in many formats, including print, electronic databases, international conferences and webinars. |
