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Birds - Kites Page 2
Image Taken on 29 Sep 2019
at 09:08 Image of day on 18 Nov 2019
... to land in the top of this recently flailed really broad hedge.
The appearance of the talons strongly suggests that they are carrying a mouse or
vole size prey item up to the hedge top to eat it.
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Ref: 20191118_df3_20190929_0908_101-105+107 red kite calling as it lands on recently flailed hedge @7fps 4-8+10 of 11 (montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 05 Jun 2016
at 16:39 Image of day on 18 Jul 2016
Red Kites here don't seem to be any more welcomed by Corvids than the Buzzards.
We saw this one flying in from the distance and vanished into some trees near the horizon.
A minute or two later it emerged from the trees carrying what looks like twig and being
hotly pursued by a pair of Carrion Crows for several hundred metres in our general
direction. Here is about half a second of action.
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Ref: 20160718_df3_20160605_1639_199-202 red kite carrying twig harassed by 2 carrion crows 1-4 of 4 (accurate montage 2)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 27 Jul 2025
at 12:39 Image of day on 14 Sep 2025
The Kite made a slow curving glide overhead,
here contracted from about 3 seconds of flight.
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Ref: 20250914_d72_20250727_1239_216-239 red kite circles in thermal and watching photographer 02+08+14+20+25 of 25 (close spaced montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 10 Aug 2020
at 12:11 Image of day on 20 Sep 2020
This Red Kite wheeled around our heads, which we here try to represent at
smaller than an A1 piece of paper!
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Ref: 20200920_d73_20200810_1211_054-101 red kite circling (close spaced selected montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 11 Aug 2020
at 12:32 Image of day on 20 Sep 2020
Next day this Red Kite made a couple of circles, but too awkwardly positioned
for a long sequence. Finally she vanished into the distance.
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Ref: 20200920_d73_20200811_1232_353+381+386 red kite circling (montage frame rate 10fps)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 31 Aug 2018
at 16:00 Image of day on 25 Oct 2018
A Red kite circling overhead.
What a mess the moult makes of the normally pristine feathers.
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Ref: 20181025_df3_20180831_1600_057-087 red kite circling @7fps (montage every 6th frame)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 24 Jan 2023
at 13:04 Image of day on 20 Feb 2023
This Red Kite doesn't seem at all bothered by us, and
is happy to climb in thermals right next to us.
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Ref: 20230220_df3_20230124_1304_072-099 red kite circling in small thermal (selected montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 15 Oct 2023
at 12:18 Image of day on 26 Nov 2023
More detail of the top-right image - the photographer feels 'spotted'.
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Ref: 20231126_df3_20231015_1218_058 red kite circling in thermal(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 15 Oct 2023
at 12:18 Image of day on 26 Nov 2023
A genuine close-spaced selection of a single circle of this Red Kite climbing in a Thermal.
The sequence starts top right and ends middle right where the bird is a
bit higher and appears a bit smaller.
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Ref: 20231126_df3_20231015_1218_058-115 red kite circling in thermal (selected montage from top-right over 8 seconds)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 12 Jul 2025
at 08:40 Image of day on 01 Sep 2025
A minute later the Red Kite made a couple of lazy circles in the thermal from the field adjacent
to our north boundary. Here is half a circle showing the bird at about 1 second intervals.
Spacing of the images is wildly too close!
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Ref: 20250901_d72_20250712_0840_087-126 red kite circling in thermal 1-6 of 6 (impression montage @1 second intervals)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 04 Aug 2018
at 15:48 Image of day on 23 Sep 2018
In the hot afternoon sun in a cloudless sky, this Red Kite started drawing
circles in the sky as it gained height. The bird made a lovely swoop coming
quite close to us. From the 42 pics we took (at 7fps) we selected these 8 to
make a close spaced impression. Pics about 2/3 second apart.
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Ref: 20180923_df3_20180804_1548_216-1549_256 red kite circling in thermal 1-8 of 8 (compact montage @7fps about every 5th)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 02 Aug 2025
at 09:38 Image of day on 22 Sep 2025
This Red Kite spent a couple of minutes quartering the land above us.
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Ref: 20250922_r70_20250802_0938_074 red kite circling in thermal 22 of 53 (crop)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 27 Jul 2025
at 12:39 Image of day on 14 Sep 2025
The photographer most definitely felt 'spotted' but 'not important'.
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Ref: 20250914_d72_20250727_1239_227 red kite circling in thermal and watching photographer 13 of 25 (crop + insert)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 28 Sep 2021
at 11:02 Image of day on 10 Nov 2021
This Red Kite provided a couple of minutes delight ...
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Ref: 20211110_d72_20210928_1102_002-012 red kite circling in updraft 1-6 of 6 (montage alternate frames @10fps)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Mar 2022
at 08:40 Image of day on 28 Apr 2022
A Red kite wheeled around above, gradually moving upwards without
more than a twitch of the wings and tail.
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Ref: 20220428_df3_20220326_0840_159 red kite circling overhead(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 28 Jan 2021
at 10:18 Image of day on 27 Feb 2021
Two more moments from the Red-Kite flyover
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Ref: 20210227_df3_20210128_1018_084+086 red kite circling overhead 19+21 of 65 (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 28 Jan 2021
at 10:18 Image of day on 27 Feb 2021
A bit of sunshine and blue sky brought along this Red Kite who flew almost over
as they flew in from the SW and turned to go off to the SE.
A pick from 65 pics at 10fps close spaced for effect.
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Ref: 20210227_df3_20210128_1018_068-099 red kite circling overhead 34-34 of 65 (close spaced montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
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.
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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
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