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Kestrels in Spain ID Confirm please (1 Viewer)

Can any one positive id these male and female Kestrels taken in Spain April 2016 breeding in apartment block nr the Duqessa hills Costa Del Sol Spain Birds were regular but other Kestrels were passing by so unsure if i was photographing same breeding pair all the time or not had them down as European but not so sure now after looking in Dick Forsman book and seeing tail protruding central feather showing similar to Lesser Kestrels in book.
 

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Wing formula, face pattern and underwing pattern all point to Common Kestrels imo (even though they look strangely dumpy in some of the images)
 
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