SUPERB footage of a kestrel caught on a Highways England motorway camera is proving an online sensation.

The kestrel is seen struggling to keep a grip in the wind and attempting to fend off a magpie and crow from its vantage point on the M5 in Gloucestershire, apparently fascinatinated by the camera itself.

The clear, colour footage is so good we confidently predict clips will be shown on BBC's coming Springwatch, but why wait? See it below