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The Kestrels
Also known as
The Beltones, The Hi-Fi's
Origin
Bristol, England
Genres
Vocal harmony quartet
Years active
1955–1965
Labels
Pye, Decca, Piccadilly
Past members
Tony Burrows Roger Maggs Roger Greenaway Geoff Williams Pete Gullane Roger Cook
The Kestrels were a vocal harmony quartet from Bristol, England, most notable as the group through which the songwriting team of Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway first met and started composing jointly. They were one of the busiest vocal groups in England during the late 1950s and early 1960s, singing back-up behind Joe Brown, Billy Fury, Eden Kane, and Benny Hill, amongst others, and made dozens of television appearances between 1958 and 1964.
considered kestrels due to their general shape and habits, but are probably distinct from the true kestrels as outlined above. The American kestrel is the only...
TheKestrels were a vocal harmony quartet from Bristol, England, most notable as the group through which the songwriting team of Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway...
rare occasions. However, kestrels are more likely to prey on lizards in southern latitudes. In northern latitudes, thekestrel is found more often to deliver...
American Kestrels and felt that similar approaches could be used to breed Mauritius Kestrels, and then to release the birds to the wild to bolster the population...
quarry for kestrels. This is the slip for which I feel the American kestrel is perfect." 3. "Once committed to an attack, trained kestrels tend to follow...
largest kestrels and is found in open country in southern and eastern Africa. The plumage of the adult is mainly pale rufous, both above and below. The back...
is the only breeding bird of prey. It is known in Seychellois Creole as the katiti after its loud, shrill call. It is the smallest of thekestrels, 18–23 cm...
are known to be more sedentary when compared to the common kestrel (F. tinnunculus). Spotted kestrels measure 26–32 cm (10–12.5 in) from head to tail...
It seems to have evolved from ancestral common kestrels dispersing to the Australian region in the Middle Pleistocene — less than 1 million years ago...
Dickinson's kestrels are similar but have a barred tail and a more strongly barred underwing. The grey kestrel is generally silent outside the breeding season...
relatives and are probably much closer to each other than the lesser and common kestrels. Kestrels feed chiefly on terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates...
September 2020. "Phoenix brush aside Kestrels". www.heraldsun.com.au. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2020. "Kestrels to step out with new-look side"...
similar greater kestrel which has whitish eyes as well as paler plumage, barred flight feathers and grey on the tail. Juvenile fox kestrels have heavier...
Africa, lesser kestrels favor a "latitude belt" through Senegal where locusts and grasshoppers are plentiful. Surveys of lesser kestrels wintering in January...
A Kestrel for a Knave is a novel by English author Barry Hines, published in 1968. Set in an unspecified mining area in Northern England, the book follows...
The Hackney Kestrels were a Speedway team which operated from 1984, when the Crayford Kestrels transferred the promotion to Hackney, until their closure...
O'Connor 2016, p. 137. O'Connor 2016, p. 141. Herrington 2004, p. 229. "Kestrel | Operations & Codenames of WWII". codenames.info. O'Connor, Bernard (2016)...
The Malagasy kestrel (Falco newtoni), also known as the Madagascar kestrel, Malagasy spotted kestrel, Newton's kestrel, Madagascar spotted kestrel, katiti...
The Miles M.9 Kestrel was a 1930s British single-engined tandem seat monoplane, intended as an advanced trainer. Only one Kestrel was built but it was...
TheKestrel (1982) is a fantasy novel by American writer Lloyd Alexander, the second of three books often called the Westmark trilogy. The novel won the...
medium-sized kestrel, between 30 and 33 centimeters tall. Adult male kestrels weigh between 183g and 254g, while females weigh between 190g and 280g. The species...
associated with the title Kestrel engine. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article...
(such as the common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus) except on (originally) forested Mauritius where kestrels hunt arboreally more like hawks. Due to the scarcity...
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