Category Archives: red kite

Quick Ride

Posted on April 28, 2011 by admin

Head down, try to go fast ride today, but I did notice a pair of red kites hunting together, near what I believe to be an Osprey nest. House Martins are now hear in abundance and unbelievably colourful goldfinches. The … Continue reading →

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Easter Weekend

Posted on April 26, 2011 by admin

A quick visit north to the island of Usedom on he Baltic and between eating smoked fish, ice creams and Easter bunnies we spotted  Nuthatch, Black Kite, Cranes, Little Terns (wonder if we’ll see these further inland) and what I think was a … Continue reading →

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Hen Harrier

Posted on April 11, 2011 by admin

Got a clear below view today of a hen harrier, it was a male, circling over fields, I’d like to say it couldn’t’ve been anything else, but it may have been a male Montagu’s harrier which, according to the local … Continue reading →

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Red Kite, Black Kite, Osprey nest!

Posted on April 9, 2011 by admin

Country drive this morning and we saw first a colourful Red Kite, then almost immediately after, as if to give us a good comparison, a confirmed black kite, the second definite sighting this year. Also, one of the nests atop an electricity … Continue reading →

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Kite attacks crows

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Winston

On a long road bike ride, saw a red kite actively hunting hooded crows, repeatedly climbing and diving into the flock of crows. They were none to happy and after each of the kite’s dives they mobbed it, this didn’t … Continue reading →

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