A kestrel steals an owl's breakfast in this stunning series of photographs.

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Keen lensman Chris Skipper, of Costessey, captured the images near Wroxham early on Sunday.

He said he had first been to visit the peregrines at Norwich Cathedral, but when all was quiet there he headed out to The Broads.

Eastern Daily Press: A kestrel pinching the vole from the barn owl - Part 6 of a sequence. Picture: Chris SkipperA kestrel pinching the vole from the barn owl - Part 6 of a sequence. Picture: Chris Skipper (Image: Chris Skipper 2015)

'The barn owl was out more or less straight away and we watched him hunt for about half an hour,' said Mr Skipper. 'Then the kestrel came from out of nowhere and attacked him.

'It happened in a matter of seconds and the kestrel came from behind and got his talons in the vole that the owl was carrying.

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'It was a surprise and then the kestrel was away with it.

'He was dragging the owl through the air to start with.'

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Mr Skipper added that his brother had visited the same spot the previous morning and seen the same thing happen.

And he believed the cunning kestrel regularly waited for the owl to do the hard work hunting, before swooping in for a free meal.