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Birds, Insects & Bats in flight (outdoors) Page 49
Image Taken on 01 May 2015
at 12:18 Image of day on 24 Jun 2015
This Red Kite flew by quite close to us and we captured these 4 images
about a half second apart. The bland sky gives us no way to recreate the
positions accurately so they are much too close.
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Ref: 20150624_df3_20150501_1218_069+072+075+076 red kite circling quite low (discontinuous) 01-04 of 18 (montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 01 May 2015
at 12:18 Image of day on 24 Jun 2015
As the Red Kite circled it moved against some cloud edges,
allowing us an accurate montage at 5 fps giving a better idea of
flight speed.
 15-17 of 18 (accurate montage @5fps)(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20150624_df3_20150501_1218_117-119 red kite circling quite low (discontinuous) 15-17 of 18 (accurate montage @5fps)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 16 Sep 2022
at 15:25 Image of day on 28 Oct 2022
At the other end of the biological flight scale this rather Tatty Red Kite made a few
lazy circles in the sky above us.
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Ref: 20221028_df3_20220916_1525_085-087 red kite climbing in thermal 05-07 of 26 (montage bottom to top @7fps increasing separations)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 16 Sep 2022
at 15:25 Image of day on 28 Oct 2022
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Ref: 20221028_df3_20220916_1525_102 red kite climbing in thermal @7fps 22 of 26 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 16 Sep 2022
at 15:25 Image of day on 28 Oct 2022
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Ref: 20221028_df3_20220916_1525_103-106 red kite climbing in thermal @7fps 23-26 of 26 (accurate montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 25 Feb 2020
at 09:56 Image of day on 18 Mar 2020
Having escaped an annoying Rook, this Red Kite brings the prey
forwards in the Talons to have a bit of it as an in-flight snack.
This is about half a second of action.
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Ref: 20200318_df3_20200225_0956_146-152 red kite eating prey in talons while banking in flight 1+3+5+7 of 8 (close spaced montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 18 Aug 2017
at 13:51 Image of day on 07 Oct 2017
A Red Kite with some rodent in it's talons, taking bites from it as it flies along.
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Ref: 20171007_d72_20170818_1351_169-1352_181 red kite eating rodent in talons while in flight 02+04+08(mirror)+11 of 11 (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 09 Aug 2011
at 12:45 Image of day on 26 Sep 2011
This red kite made a nice if distant flyby. This is an arbitrary montage of 3 images.
We unusually have the top of the bird as it banked, but this time no wing tags
to report the colours/numbers of. Some of you tell us of dozens of kites at once,
but we are delighted with just the odd one for now.
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Ref: 20110926_df1_20110809_1245_039+043+046 red kite flyby (arbitrary montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Jun 2014
at 12:28 Image of day on 13 Aug 2014
There are between 1000 and 1600 pairs of Red Kites in the whole
UK (depending on who you listen to) so we feel quite privileged
to see even one at all visiting our little patch several times a year.
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Ref: 20140813_df2_20140607_1228_199 red kite flying low overhead 3 of 4 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Dec 2014
at 10:59 Image of day on 23 Jan 2015
Did the Red Kite want another look at us before it departed? We
doubt it, but it gave us a final look at this glorious bird
(arranged for effect rather than accuracy) before it drifted
South towards Milton Keynes.
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Ref: 20150123_df2_20141207_1059_396+399+401+403 red kite flying nearly overhead 04+07+09+11 of 12 (montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Dec 2014
at 10:59 Image of day on 23 Jan 2015
The Red Kite's languid flight eventually took it almost overhead of us.
There is no doubt the bird was keeping it's eyes on the strange
creatures (us) below.
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Ref: 20150123_df2_20141207_1059_352 red kite flying nearly overhead 2 of 9 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 20 Aug 2017
at 15:12 Image of day on 07 Oct 2017
If we keep still the Kites mostly ignore us, as this one flying overhead.
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Ref: 20171007_df3_20170820_1512_026 red kite flying overhead(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 13 Jul 2021
at 17:35 Image of day on 22 Aug 2021
Seeing a Red Kite in the far distance circling in a Thermal up-draft is normally
followed by the bird disappearing into the haze. This time though the bird made
a leisurely drift toward us, and eventually went almost overhead. Here is about
half a second of powered flight, spread out vertically a little to see the outlines.
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Ref: 20210822_d73_20210713_1735_134-139 red kite flying overhead (impression montage @10fps)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 14 Sep 2023
at 10:32 Image of day on 30 Oct 2023
A Red Kite flyover- quartering the land to his right and then left.
About 1 second of flight here - tightly montaged for effect.
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Ref: 20231030_df3_20230914_1032_045+048+050 red kite flying overhead 1-3 of 3 (close spaced montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 28 Sep 2021
at 12:51 Image of day on 11 Nov 2021
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Ref: 20211111_df3_20210928_1251_203+209+221 red kite flying overhead 4+5+7 of 7 (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 28 Sep 2021
at 12:51 Image of day on 11 Nov 2021
Two hours after our last encounter with a Red Kite, the bird returns.
They know we are watching - and couldn't care less!
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Ref: 20211111_df3_20210928_1251_209 red kite flying overhead 5 of 7 (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 18 May 2014
at 15:13 Image of day on 20 Jul 2014
This Red Kite made a couple of circles overhead
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Ref: 20140720_df2_20140518_1513_031 red kite flying overhead 6 of 6 (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Oct 2024
at 09:01 Image of day on 17 Nov 2024
A busy 1 minute with this Red Kite.
This Red Kite pays a visit, we think giving us a baleful look.
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Ref: 20241117_d72_20241007_0901_026 red kite flyover(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 17 Jul 2022
at 10:05 Image of day on 02 Sep 2022
The circles birds make are far too big to show in any detail
so we have turned this flight into a design.
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Ref: 20220902_d72_20220717_1005_362-391 red kite gliding around thermal 1+3+5+7 of 9 (close spaced montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 01 Oct 2022
at 09:20 Image of day on 06 Nov 2022
A Red Kite, this one with beautifully manicured feathers, glides overhead
making an unusually large circle, hence the only slight change of orientation.
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Ref: 20221106_d72_20221001_0920_070-073 red kite gliding in large circle (spread montage at 8fps)(r+mb id@768).jpg
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