Get your claws off! Owl and kestrel snapped in spectacular mid-air battle for prey that can only end badly for the vole
The vole faced three possible deaths as the birds fought for it mid-air
A giant owl snatched it first but a kestrel attacked it trying to steal the prey
The rodent eventually fell towards the ground from 100 feet.
A vole that became the object of a mid-air fight between two massive birds of prey escaped from their grasp – only to fall to the ground, 100 feet below.
The rodent can be seen facing three possible deaths as an owl and a kestrel battle to snatch it from one another, eventually letting it slip towards the ground.
The owl, a large bird with a wingspan of around four feet, swooped down and caught the vole first above a golf course near Aberdeen.
As the owl flew off, a large kestrel attacked it and tried to steal the prey.
