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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
31/12/10	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	1	S King
13:00
30/12/10	Red Kite	Farley Hill	6	R Murfitt
11:30	Perched up in same tree.
28/12/10	Red Kite	Hungerford	1	M Terry
10:15	In bare tree on offside between M4 J14 and Tally Ho pub.
27/12/10	Red Kite	Earley	3	A Tribe
15:00	at least 3 individuals seen.
27/12/10	Red Kite	Freeman's Marsh	1	B J Hollands
08:00
26/12/10	Red Kite	Woodley	2	S C Smith
	taking the crows food from my lawn.
25/12/10	Red Kite	Lower Earley	1	M Terry
12:30	Not unusual in Lower Earley these days, but very low over the houses on my close. Shame I didn't have my camera to hand...
24/12/10	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	F Try
12:35
23/12/10	Red Kite	Great Shefford	4	S King
13:00
22/12/10	Red Kite	University of Reading (Whiteknights Campus)	2	A Tribe
14:30
21/12/10	Red Kite	Great Shefford	1	R Dryden
13:15
19/12/10	Red Kite	Windsor Marina	15	P Mannion
14:00	In the fields south of Maidenhead Road, west of the Laing estate.Windsor Marina is the clsoest site on the database. They were circling round for till it was almost dark.
17/12/10	Red Kite	Newbury	1	R R Capewell
11:30	low over my garden, St Johns, first for garden.
17/12/10	Red Kite	Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Marsh
09:15	No 'V' shape in tail, everything else good for Red Kite, too big for Buzzard. Perched in tree briefly before chased off by Magpies.
17/12/10	Red Kite	Hampstead Norreys	8	D Reynolds

16/12/10	Red Kite	Wash Common, Newbury	3	D Smallridge
12:30	Over the estate for ages.
14/12/10	Red Kite	Woodley	3	J C Langridge
14:15	High Wood, sitting in the trees, calling then flying round after each other.
12/12/10	Red Kite	Freeman's Marsh	2	D Seward

11/12/10	Red Kite	Winkfield	2	S D Abbott
14:00	Over Ascot Place.
07/12/10	Red Kite	Windsor	2	K P Duncan
	Together low over Dedworth Road.
05/12/10	Red Kite	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
12:15	ad. Calling from bare tree along Emm Brook.
03/12/10	Red Kite	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	1	S King
13:00
02/12/10	Red Kite	Woodley	11	J C Langridge
11:30	Kingfisher Drive.
01/12/10	Red Kite	Upper Bucklebury	1	B Lyle
10:30	picking up meat scraps from back garden again.
01/12/10	Red Kite	Woodley	20	S C Smith
	more than 20 overhead, local feeding ? .
30/11/10	Red Kite	Crowthorne	1	D East
10:45	Flying to west of New Wokingham Road.
29/11/10	Red Kite	Upper Bucklebury	1	B Lyle
11:00	picking up scraps of meat from the garden. 6 attemps 4 times lucky.
29/11/10	Red Kite	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
09:30	Including one calling from oaks along Emm Brook.
28/11/10	Red Kite	Woodley	4	S C Smith
	4 to 5 overhead at any time.
26/11/10	Red Kite	Cookham	30	T Firth
15:00	Between 30 & 40 birds circling - fantastic sight in the sunshine.
25/11/10	Red Kite	Cookham Dean	10	B Reeve
11:30
22/11/10	Red Kite	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
08:30	Together S, possibly chased off by Herring Gulls.
21/11/10	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	1	S King
	saw while driving though the great park.
21/11/10	Red Kite	Old Windsor	2	K P Duncan

21/11/10	Red Kite	Wigmoreash Pond, Inkpen Hill	2	S A Graham
10:30
18/11/10	Red Kite	Borough Marsh	1	R Dryden
13:00	First Winter.
15/11/10	Red Kite	Woodley	12	S C Smith
	low overhead. local feeding.
10/11/10	Red Kite	Bracknell	1	P J Lomas
13:02	Circling low over NE corner of football field Wildridings, Bracknell. SU865686.
07/11/10	Red Kite	Woose Hill	3	P Bright-Thomas
09:00	One calling and settled in oak before being mobbed by crows and Jays.
07/11/10	Red Kite	Woodley	3	S C Smith
	swooping into the garden inspecting food put out for the crows etc.
06/11/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	14	G Sumner
12:15	Circling at various heights at Overdown Rd.
04/11/10	Red Kite	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
14:30	Low over the estate. Beautiful bird.
03/11/10	Red Kite	Shaw, Newbury	2	J Chivers
11:00
01/11/10	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	6	F J Cottington
12:30	N/NW drifting over Sandford & Lodge Wood.
31/10/10	Red Kite	Caversham, Chiltern Road	3	R C Watts
13:15
31/10/10	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	3	S A Graham
09:00
30/10/10	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	M Hunt

25/10/10	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	B M Archer
15:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
24/10/10	Red Kite	Woodley	5	S C Smith
	five low overhead.
23/10/10	Red Kite	Woodley	2	S C Smith

21/10/10	Red Kite	Burghfield	4	J D Cox
13:00
18/10/10	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	2	M Hunt
15:00	Over Duke's Ride.
18/10/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	9	G Sumner
16:15	Circling together low over Oaktree Rd .
18/10/10	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
13:40	Circling N/E corner and over Colebrook lake north. S/W G.Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
17/10/10	Red Kite	Beale Park	2	G Sumner
11:30
15/10/10	Red Kite	Windsor	1	K G White
11:00	HUNTING OVER RESIDENTIAL GARDENS. SU968757.
16/10/10	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	A Berryman
13:00
15/10/10	Red Kite	Sonning Lock, R. Thames, Sonning	3	R Dryden
14:00
13/10/10	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	M Sklar
09:45	Circling briefly then flew S over river. Please only view from the public footpath.
12/10/10	Red Kite	Ascot, Mill Ride	1	S D Abbott
08:30	Low over gardens on Goater's Hill.
10/10/10	Red Kite	Old Windsor	1	K P Duncan

06/10/10	Red Kite	Earley	3	J C Langridge
12:15	Hightree Drive, flying very low and calling.
02/10/10	Red Kite	Wash Common, Newbury	2	D Smallridge
16:00	Above the estate for ages - quite low at times.
22/09/10	Red Kite	Lea Farm Lake	2	R Marsh
13:40	Circling low around Lodge Wood for 15 mins.
20/09/10	Red Kite	Ashampstead	1	P Bright-Thomas
15:00	ad. On road kill on lane from Ashampstead to Aldworth ... have always thought that they benefit hugely from roadkill but this is one of the few times I have seen them feeding on the road.
12/09/10	Red Kite	Maidenhead	2	T Carley
12:00	Cannon Court Road.
16/09/10	Red Kite	Shaw, Newbury	10	J Chivers
12:00	Tight group soaring over Shaw Estate.
16/09/10	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	5	S A Graham
09:20
15/09/10	Red Kite	Langley, Slough	1	A Hewlett
14:00	Over Maplin Park. Hung around the area for at least an hour.
04/09/10	Red Kite	Lower Basildon	6	G Sumner
15:30	Including one with half a carrier bag tangled in its feet.
31/08/10	Red Kite	Spencers Wood	12	N Rampton
13:30	Approx Count in fields flying and resting along with numerous Buzzards.
22/08/10	Red Kite	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
14:00	ad. Calling loudly for 10+ mins from trees on Smiths walk, with pedestrians passing underneath.
15/08/10	Red Kite	Combe Wood	5	S A Graham
10:30	Three over the woods, two in the valley below.
15/08/10	Red Kite	Harmans Water, Bracknell	1	D East
12:05	Flying low over playing field on Harmans Water Road.
06/08/10	Red Kite	Datchet GC	1	R M Haydon
13:00	Did not look right. Had prey item (pheasant?) in claws removing feathers. Poss. juvenile or just maybe Black Kite. Drifting West.
01/08/10	Red Kite	Newbury	1	R R Capewell
13:00	over St Johns garden.
01/08/10	Red Kite	Shinfield	1	J C Langridge
	Cutbush Lane.
01/08/10	Red Kite	Seven Barrows	1	S A Graham
10:30
28/07/10	Red Kite	Datchet	1	L R Blundell
15:45
25/07/10	Red Kite	Crookham Common	1	P E Hutchins
17:01	Drifting low and gradually northwards just to the north of Bury Banks Road. Please keep to the main paths.
25/07/10	Red Kite	Finchampstead Ridges	1	L Thorn
17:20
24/07/10	Red Kite	Lower Farm Trout Lake	1	S A Graham
16:45	Soaring over the lake before drifting off E.
21/07/10	Red Kite	Datchet	3	A Hewlett
11:30	Over field between water works and Thames.
20/07/10	Red Kite	Langley, Slough	1	A Hewlett
17:00	Circling near Police station.
20/07/10	Red Kite	Bracknell	1	M Sklar
14:30	Wildridings, soaring overhead.
16/07/10	Red Kite	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
14:30	Heading west.
15/07/10	Red Kite	Bracknell	1	P J Lomas
11:05	SU863684.
08/07/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	2	J R Newman
	I think they may be a breeding pair. I have seen 1 around the Town centre but now they are are mostly over the Meadway, Dee Rd and Tay rd area.
12/07/10	Red Kite	Windsor	1	K P Duncan
	low over Dedworth Road.
12/07/10	Red Kite	Spencers Wood	1	M Sklar
16:30	At rooftop level.
10/07/10	Red Kite	Longwater Lane, Finchampstead	1	K Langton
12:00	On the Berks / Hants border over gravel workings.
10/07/10	Red Kite	Lower Farm Trout Lake	2	S A Graham
15:45	Soaring low over the quarry complex with a Kestrel, presumably attracted by the recent hay mowing opposite.
10/07/10	Red Kite	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
09:15	Very low - Brilliant.
08/07/10	Red Kite	Langley, Slough	1	A Hewlett
16:00	Circling over Thames Road.
08/07/10	Red Kite	Woolhampton GPs	3	M Hunt

06/07/10	Red Kite	Langley, Slough	1	A Hewlett
14:20	Circling over Maplin Park at about 80ft.
26/06/10	Red Kite	Old Windsor	1	K P Duncan

26/06/10	Red Kite	Slough SF	1	K P Duncan

25/06/10	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	5	M Hunt
14:00	Over Queen Anne's gate. Good numbers this week as the hay making gets under way.
24/06/10	Red Kite	Lower Denford	1	R G Hardy
	Keeping a regal eye on everything.
24/06/10	Red Kite	Bottle Lane, Cold Harbour	1	R C Watts
11:30
22/06/10	Red Kite	Great Hollands, Bracknell	1	D C Brown
10:00
20/06/10	Red Kite	Caversham, Chiltern Road	2	R C Watts
14:30
20/06/10	Red Kite	Burnthouse Lane floods	2	P Driver
08:40	on field with 70 Rook and 15 Jackdaw.
17/06/10	Red Kite	Ascot, Mill Ride	1	S D Abbott
18:00	Now a regular but very low over the gardens today - heading west.
17/06/10	Red Kite	Bottle Lane, Cold Harbour	4	R C Watts
12:30
14/06/10	Red Kite	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
12:15	Heading south.
12/06/10	Red Kite	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
14:15	Calling overhead. SU801686.
11/06/10	Red Kite	Woodley	8	J C Langridge
15:50	Crockhamwell road.
11/06/10	Red Kite	Maidenhead Thicket	22	G R Farrell
13:45	Over Newlands School.
06/06/10	Red Kite	Charvil	13	S Jones
15:00
06/06/10	Red Kite	Woodley	11	J C Langridge
13:00	Seen from the garden.
06/06/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	10	G Sumner
14:20	Highest seen from garden count .
06/06/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	7	G Sumner
13:10	Seen from garden.One up on my previous highest total.
04/06/10	Red Kite	Earley	8	A Male
13:30	At least, over Wokingham Road towards Loddon end.
04/06/10	Red Kite	Lea Farm Lake	1	R Marsh
11:20	Swooped to pick up something from the ground on the grassy slope facing hide. Chased by about 10 corvids but last seen flying over the Loddon clutching it's prize. Cuckoo heard calling, both sides of hide.
02/06/10	Red Kite	Old Windsor	1	K P Duncan
	circling low over village.
02/06/10	Red Kite	Shaw, Newbury	1	J Chivers
11:30
02/06/10	Red Kite	Woodley	1	R Marsh
11:35	Squabbling with a LBB Gull about 60m above our garden. They seemed to catch a thermal and rose to a greater height, at least 300m, still having a go at each other before Gull gave up.
02/06/10	Red Kite	Twyford	7	R Marsh
10:15	Circling together, vicinity of Polehampton School.
27/05/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	1	P E Hutchins
12:36	One circling over the road and adjacent industrial areas, c.1/4 mile north of the Norcot Road junction.
26/05/10	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	1	M G McCarthy
08:30	low N over new workings.
23/05/10	Red Kite	Reading	6	S Hughes
	Soaring, highest ever count from my garden in Newtown east Reading.
21/05/10	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	W Morgan
06:00
12/05/10	Red Kite	Padworth Lane GP	1	P E Hutchins
20:03	South at the western end of the pit.
12/05/10	Red Kite	Aldermaston Wharf	2	P E Hutchins
18:30	Circling over the Kennet & Avon Canal / Wharf area.
12/05/10	Red Kite	Jealott's Hill	1	D C Brown
12:00	Being mobbed by Carrion Crows.
11/05/10	Red Kite	Woodley	11	S C Smith
	overhead, local feeding.
11/05/10	Red Kite	Swallowfield	1	P E Hutchins
05:33	Circling low over the western end of The Street.
07/05/10	Red Kite	Midgham GP	1	S A Graham
17:00	Swooping over the freshly mowed hay field W. of the Gp.
05/05/10	Red Kite	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
10:05	Heading south.
05/05/10	Red Kite	Wokingham	1	P E Hutchins
05:48	South, just west of the Robin Hood Lane traffic lights.
04/05/10	Red Kite	Grazeley	1	P E Hutchins
14:32	To the south of the village. Heading north-east over the A33, towards White House Farm.
04/05/10	Red Kite	Dinton Pastures CP	2	P E Hutchins
13:05	Circling over the southern end / south-east Woodley.
04/05/10	Red Kite	Wokingham	1	P E Hutchins
11:59	Low north-east over Elizabeth Close.
30/04/10	Red Kite	Wokingham	1	M Sklar
13:45	Close to town centre, Bracknell end, just above rooftops.
27/04/10	Red Kite	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	10	F J Cottington
12:45	Mostly to W and NW, over Woodley.
26/04/10	Red Kite	Slough	1	J Hook
18:30	Over Salt Hill Park.
23/04/10	Red Kite	Woodley	5	J C Langridge
	Highest count but Kites everywhere today. One individual with many feathers missing from both wings and less than half a tail.
25/04/10	Red Kite	Windsor	1	K P Duncan
18:30	flying east towards the castle.
25/04/10	Red Kite	Windsor	1	K P Duncan
10:30	over Legoland.
23/04/10	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	K P Duncan
06:00	over East Marsh.
23/04/10	Red Kite	Langley, Slough	1	A Hewlett
13:20	Circling low over Maplin Park.
23/04/10	Red Kite	Beech Hill	1	G Brown
10:00
22/04/10	Red Kite	Woodley	6	J C Langridge
16:00	Displaying over South Lake Primary School playing field.
21/04/10	Red Kite	Ascot, Mill Ride	1	S D Abbott
13:00	Over garden very low heading west.
20/04/10	Red Kite	Beech Hill	1	G Brown
09:00
18/04/10	Red Kite	Cippenham, Slough	2	K P Duncan

18/04/10	Red Kite	Holyport	1	D Harris
07:00	Lovely sighting siting on a fence post 15 yards in front of me.
17/04/10	Red Kite	Great Hollands, Bracknell	1	D C Brown
10:55
17/04/10	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	W Morgan

16/04/10	Red Kite	Kintbury	1	S D Abbott
16:30	Over road clutching nest material.
16/04/10	Red Kite	Hare Hatch	2	G Anderson
16:20
13/04/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	2	R Collins
07:30
12/04/10	Red Kite	Borough Marsh	1	R Dryden
13:00	Sat on post.
11/04/10	Red Kite	Purley on Thames, Reading	5	M J Smith
11:00	2 pairs and a singletion in display chasing and occasional swoop display.
11/04/10	Red Kite	Hamstead Park	2	S A Graham
10:00
11/04/10	Red Kite	Calcot, Reading	1	C McEwan
12:30	Over Beansheaf estate.
10/04/10	Red Kite	Bray GPs	1	K P Duncan
	over the new workings.
09/04/10	Red Kite	Woodley	12	A Male
14:30	Over Waitrose car park. Why do people continue to report low number sightings in Reading area ???
09/04/10	Red Kite	Woodley	12	A Male
14:30	Over Waitrose car park. Why do people keep reporting sightings of single Red Kites in Reading area????
09/04/10	Red Kite	Thames Drive, Charvil	1	R Dryden
13:00
08/04/10	Red Kite	Woodley	1	R C Watts
15:00
08/04/10	Red Kite	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	6	F J Cottington
14:12	All to W and NW.
04/04/10	Red Kite	Hurst	2	D Bassett
10:00	Feeding in flooded field W of Tape Lane; one wing-tagged W.
03/04/10	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	K P Duncan

03/04/10	Red Kite	Ascot	2	P A Cohen
16:30	Pair of Red Kites swirling over Goaters Hill for 15 minutes. SU905695.
02/04/10	Red Kite	Snelsmore Common	2	S A Graham
14:30	Soaring with a single Buzzard.
02/04/10	Red Kite	Great Hollands, Bracknell	1	D C Brown
14:15
02/04/10	Red Kite	Winnersh	1	D C Brown
12:30
02/04/10	Red Kite	Greenham Common	1	R C Watts
10:30	Please keep to the main paths.
02/04/10	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	W Morgan
11:00
01/04/10	Red Kite	Windsor	1	K P Duncan
	over LegoLand.
30/03/10	Red Kite	Winnersh	1	D C Brown
15:00	Over Sainsbury's car park, with Carrion crows and Magpie in attendance.
30/03/10	Red Kite	Twyford	1	D C Brown
13:30	Soaring over railway station.
29/03/10	Red Kite	Woolhampton	1	M Hunt
12:00
29/03/10	Red Kite	Borough Marsh	1	R Dryden
13:00
28/03/10	Red Kite	Hare Hatch	3	P E Hutchins
12:46	One lingering and two singles seen moving south on driving through.
28/03/10	Red Kite	Maidenhead	4	P E Hutchins
13:30	This number noted on driving through the town.
28/03/10	Red Kite	Woolhampton	1	P E Hutchins
16:52	North over the village at 16:52.
28/03/10	Red Kite	Woolhampton GPs	1	P E Hutchins
17:20	To the north-east of the site. Three Lapwing being in the field south of the Rowney Predator lake.
28/03/10	Red Kite	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	1	P E Hutchins
13:00	Seen to the south-east of the site, a Buzzarrd being seen to the north-east. Please only view from the public footpath.
28/03/10	Red Kite	Borough Marsh	1	P E Hutchins
13:00	Immature bird lingering about the watermeadows south of the river, settling for some time on a fence post.
28/03/10	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	3	P E Hutchins
12:55	One distantly to the south-east and two lingering over the site before moving off northwards.
27/03/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	1	P E Hutchins
10:47	Circling over housing to the south of Loverock Road.
26/03/10	Red Kite	Woodley	1	P E Hutchins
15:06	Low and lingering about Selcourt Close.
26/03/10	Red Kite	Woodley	1	P E Hutchins
14:55	Over the Woodlands Precinct.
26/03/10	Red Kite	Woodley	1	P E Hutchins
14:33	Lingering over the Burns Close area.
26/03/10	Red Kite	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
12:30	Quite low and circling over the hoses. Brilliant!
26/03/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	1	P E Hutchins
10:00	Circling low over Keswick Close before gradually moving off to the north-east.
26/03/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	1	P E Hutchins
09:46	High over Armour Road and the adjancet parkland.
25/03/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	1	P E Hutchins
13:15	North-east over Little John's Lane.
25/03/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	3	P E Hutchins
11:01	Two and one over Curlew Road.
25/03/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	1	P E Hutchins
10:36	Low over Romany Lane.
25/03/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	1	P E Hutchins
10:35	Low over Church End Lane.
25/03/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	1	P E Hutchins
10:32	High over Armour Road.
25/03/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	2	P E Hutchins
10:32	Low over Corwen Road.
25/03/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	1	P E Hutchins
10:20	Circling distantly to the north-west of Park Lane / Mayfair.
25/03/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	2	P E Hutchins
10:15	One low over housing at Mayfair / Lansdowne Road / Grafton Way, being joined by another at 10:20.
25/03/10	Red Kite	Tilehurst	2	P E Hutchins
10:11	Cirlcing with two Buzzard to the south of the junction of St. Michael's Road and The Meadway.