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Image Taken on 26 Aug 2017 at 14:44    Image of day on 17 Oct 2017

The circling Red Kite then flew right overhead as it used it's potential energy to head off south.


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Image Taken on 27 Feb 2022 at 12:22    Image of day on 30 Mar 2022

Photographer gets the - Oh it only you - brush off from this Kite who found a thermal above where we are standing.


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Image Taken on 18 Sep 2018 at 12:29    Image of day on 11 Nov 2018

Here over 2 seconds you see the Red Kite 'rolling' to give us views of top and bottom of the wings.


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Image Taken on 06 Oct 2021 at 10:39    Image of day on 20 Nov 2021

This Red Kite flying towards us starts to bank and turn off to the side ...


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Image Taken on 24 Sep 2016 at 12:36    Image of day on 12 Nov 2016

This Red Kite made a graceful turn in front of us over perhaps 4 seconds. Bird spacings are just for appearance.


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Image Taken on 21 Oct 2018 at 15:22    Image of day on 12 Dec 2018

This Red Kite makes an appearance, shown here turning over about 2 seconds.


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Image Taken on 11 Nov 2023 at 10:02    Image of day on 20 Dec 2023

A Red Kite spent a couple of minutes flying around to our west ...


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Image Taken on 04 Sep 2020 at 10:37    Image of day on 17 Oct 2020

This Red Kite flew in a huge arc, providing the opportunity for some pics.


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Image Taken on 08 Jan 2019 at 14:19    Image of day on 11 Feb 2019

In a currently rare spell of sunshine, one of two Red Kites on the wing at the same time makes an elegant glide past us.


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Image Taken on 07 Oct 2024 at 09:01    Image of day on 17 Nov 2024

The Red Kite continues their circle - again about 2 seconds of flight closely montaged.


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Image Taken on 31 Jan 2023 at 15:32    Image of day on 02 Mar 2023

Red Kites have, in our 30 year tenure, become a delight to watch, thanks to an army of enthusiasts working on their re-introduction. When the sun is low in the sky, as here, the underside of the birds are struck by an ever changing pattern of light and shadow.


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Image Taken on 16 Jan 2023 at 14:00    Image of day on 10 Feb 2023

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Image Taken on 16 Jan 2023 at 14:00    Image of day on 10 Feb 2023

Here a Red Kite is hunting (unsuccessfully while we watched) over the farm Wheat crop.


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Image Taken on 28 Sep 2021 at 12:47    Image of day on 11 Nov 2021

Four Red Kites weaving in and out of the area we can see.


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Image Taken on 15 Oct 2023 at 12:18    Image of day on 26 Nov 2023

After the Buzzard on the meadow post, the next day brought a series of Red Kite fly-overs and circles in Thermals.


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Image Taken on 15 Oct 2023 at 12:21    Image of day on 26 Nov 2023

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Image Taken on 06 Aug 2020 at 14:47    Image of day on 15 Sep 2020

The Red Kite wheels overhead.


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Image Taken on 06 Aug 2020 at 14:47    Image of day on 15 Sep 2020

The Red Kite wheels overhead.


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Image Taken on 06 Aug 2020 at 14:47    Image of day on 15 Sep 2020

Bye-bye Red Kite - lovely to see you so well.


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Image Taken on 08 Dec 2017 at 12:29    Image of day on 15 Jan 2018

This Red Kite flew past us really rather slowly against the northerly wind, much more interested in eating his most recent kill than in the humans on the ground. Read this sequence right to left.


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