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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2018 and 31/12/2018.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
26/12/18	Red Kite	Winkfield	5	F Hughes
12:00	over rough pasture.
24/12/18	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
12:10	Flew from the Hants side of the river across the diggings heading N. All sightings S/W TR. Please only view from the public footpath.
22/12/18	Red Kite	Cookham Dean	8	B D Clews
15:10	circling Beechingrove Wood.
15/12/18	Red Kite	Aston	30	S K Proddow
09:30	By the flower pot.
14/12/18	Red Kite	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	B D Clews
12:30	Key holders only.
14/12/18	Red Kite	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	M Hunt
08:00
10/12/18	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
09:25	Circling low around the western edge of CLN.
28/11/18	Red Kite	Birch Hill, Bracknell	1	J E Warren
	SU868666.
26/11/18	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
09:57	North side of CLN, 1 feeding on carrion until a Buzzard bullied it away.
22/11/18	Red Kite	Aston	160	D J Barker
17:07	160 plus together in trees behind the Flowerpot PH where food is provided.
21/11/18	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	3	R F Milligan
12:04	2 at the northern side of the diggings and 1 at the western end. Please only view from the public footpath.
20/11/18	Red Kite	Strand Water, Cookham	12	B D Clews
11:00	attracted to Whyteladyes Lane garden, presumably by food being put out.
19/11/18	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
09:41	Circling below the Buzzards.
12/11/18	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
10:10	Western end of the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
04/11/18	Red Kite	Winkfield	4	F Hughes
13:15	Quatering polo fields,one landed at top of dead oak tree,stayed for several minutes preening.
02/11/18	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
10:43	North side of the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
31/10/18	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	5	R F Milligan
11:50	North western end of the diggings. All sightings S/W TR. Please only view from the public footpath.
26/10/18	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:35	High over the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
24/10/18	Red Kite	Burchett's Green	16	B D Clews
15:00	Circling high in 'kettle' just north of Prospect Hill, Hall Place.
24/10/18	Red Kite	Burchett's Green	4	B D Clews
15:30	Perched in BCA grounds.
23/10/18	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
09:40	Following the tree line alongside Honey field and CLN. Please only view from the public footpath.
21/10/18	Red Kite	Streatley	24	N J Bucknell
15:40	in "kettle" above Streatley Farm - attracted by cultivation activity on field between Wantage and Wallingford Roads?
20/10/18	Red Kite	Waltham St Lawrence	46	R Alliss
16:00	At Church Farm following the plough.
18/10/18	Red Kite	Crookham Common	2	M Hunt
	Please keep to the main paths.
18/10/18	Red Kite	Cock Marsh	8	B D Clews
12:30	soaring at various heights.
13/10/18	Red Kite	Winkfield	4	F Hughes
13:00	2 soaring 2 on ground in rough horse pasture.
07/10/18	Red Kite	Winkfield	6	F Hughes
10:40	Over rough horse fields.Also 3 buzzards and 1male kestrel.
05/10/18	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
13:20	Circling the northern side of CLN.
26/09/18	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:50	Flew S to N, low across main lake. S/W MH. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/09/18	Red Kite	Crookham Common	2	M Hunt
	Please keep to the main paths.
12/09/18	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	B D Clews
11:00	1 feeding on mammal remains in tree-top.
11/09/18	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:35	Circling around the diggings. S/W MH. Please only view from the public footpath.
09/09/18	Red Kite	Winkfield	5	F Hughes
15:30	Over rough horse pasture.
05/09/18	Red Kite	Eton Wick	1	G J King
	Also grasssnake swam across gap in front and roe deer near the rushes at the back of the pool.
01/09/18	Red Kite	Winkfield	4	F Hughes
15:45	Soaring over horse paddock,Also 1 sparrow hawk.
28/08/18	Red Kite	Widbrook Common	6	B D Clews
11:45
26/08/18	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	6	S A Graham
06:50
20/05/18	Red Kite	The Folly, Inkpen	2	R Righelato
	Defending nesting area against Ravens.
05/08/18	Red Kite	Finchampstead	4	G Randall
14:30	Near Finchampstead church.
08/07/18	Red Kite	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
11:00	juv. nest at Streatley Farm with two well-grown young.
04/07/18	Red Kite	Winkfield	4	F Hughes
14:00	Circling high over garden for most of afternoon.Also 1 buzzard.
30/06/18	Red Kite	Farley Hill	2	P Boult
	Cow City Livery, Church Lane, Farley Hill.
01/07/18	Red Kite	Moor Copse	8	C McEwan
15:00	Loafing on a thermal. SU6373.
28/06/18	Red Kite	Eton Wick	9	K Rhodes
01:00	Following tractor over fields north of village.
17/06/18	Red Kite	Thatcham	12	G Stewart
18:00	Seen circling over and around A4 near Northfield Road, Thatcham.
16/06/18	Red Kite	Tilehurst	23	R Crawford
19:45	Over my garden, presumably barbecue hunting!
17/06/18	Red Kite	Main Pit, Theale GPs	12	R Crawford
09:40
16/06/18	Red Kite	Widbrook Common	11	B D Clews
11:30
12/06/18	Red Kite	Winkfield	6	F Hughes
14:05	Stag Meadow,Windsor Great Park.Following tractor haymaking.
11/06/18	Red Kite	Tilehurst	25	J Lerpiniere
	Probably more out of sight attracted to one spot. SU669743.
11/06/18	Red Kite	Pangbourne	16	A Taylor
18:00	Circling over southern part of village.
10/06/18	Red Kite	Thatcham	16	G Stewart
14:30	Circling over the area of Station Road towards the Kennet School.
10/06/18	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	P Boult
	Please only view from the public footpath.
07/06/18	Red Kite	Frogmore House, Windsor	2	B D Clews
11:00	soaring overhead. SU975760.
06/06/18	Red Kite	Winnersh	12	P O'Neill
18:00	Over A329 at junction with Old Forest Road. Dispersed after about 5 min. Highest count I've seen in the area.
02/06/18	Red Kite	Winkfield	3	F Hughes
11:45	1 being mobbed by carrion crow,kite eventually flipped on back and striking the crow with its talons.Also several singing blackbirds,song thrushes,wrens and robins.
27/05/18	Red Kite	Thatcham	18	G Stewart
13:30	Circling over at the Junction of Lower Way and The Moors roads Thatcham- By St Mary's Church.
25/05/18	Red Kite	Woodley	22	M Turton
	Circling over the centre of Woodley. Must have been feeding time somewhere.
25/05/18	Red Kite	Churn Farm (Oxon)	1	R C Watts
10:55	SU508822.
23/05/18	Red Kite	Swallowfield Church	3	R C Watts
11:00
20/05/18	Red Kite	Maidenhead	22	S M Meads
16:30	Soaring above Highway Avenue near Budgens.
21/05/18	Red Kite	Tilehurst	16	R Crawford
15:45	Over my garden.
21/05/18	Red Kite	Green Park	2	B D Clews
11:00	circling.
21/05/18	Red Kite	Cookham Rise	16	B D Clews
10:00	circling over Whyteladyes Lane.
20/05/18	Red Kite	Winkfield	1	F Hughes
10:30	High in thermal accompanied by peregrine sized falcon.Too high to identify.
20/05/18	Red Kite	Kintbury	2	R Righelato
	Apparently nesting 50-100m from Raven's nest. SU3665.
13/05/18	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	1	J C Soane
	SU954706.
06/05/18	Red Kite	Prospect Park	1	F Hutchinson
18:45	1 tail-less red kite.
05/05/18	Red Kite	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	1	J C Soane
	SU877631.
03/05/18	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	1	J C Soane
	SU957746.
01/05/18	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	1	J C Soane
19:00	SU953734.
23/04/18	Red Kite	Hyde Farm, Pinkneys Green	32	B D Clews
10:00	on the ground following the plough with corvids. (another 10 or so in the air over distant woods).
23/04/18	Red Kite	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	1	R F Milligan
09:45
22/04/18	Red Kite	Widbrook Common	1	B D Clews
16:00	Sitting on nest near Woodsmans Cottage. SU854842.
22/04/18	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	1	J C Soane
	Ascot Gate area. SU951703.
20/04/18	Red Kite	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	6	B D Clews
13:30
19/04/18	Red Kite	Black Potts Viaduct	1	J C Soane
	SU976780.
19/04/18	Red Kite	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	2	R F Milligan
10:46	Circling high.
19/04/18	Red Kite	Reading	5	S A Graham
11:00	Lundy lane: soaring low overhead. SU690733.
14/04/18	Red Kite	Churn Farm (Oxon)	38	N J Bucknell
17:00	on field being cultivated.
07/04/18	Red Kite	Newbury Racecourse	3	D Edwards
12:15	SU484665.
05/04/18	Red Kite	Marsh Meadow, Cookham	6	B D Clews
11:00
04/04/18	Red Kite	Pangbourne	1	A Taylor
12:45	swooped down to ground level in garden and back up again without stopping - possibly attracted by scrap of baked potato which disappeared at about the same time.
03/04/18	Red Kite	Cookham Rise	8	B D Clews
16:00
03/04/18	Red Kite	Furze Platt	12	B D Clews
15:30	together fairly low down; perhaps food items put out.
01/04/18	Red Kite	Streatley	20	N J Bucknell
16:25	in "kettle" circling over Streatley Hill.
01/04/18	Red Kite	Cookham Rise	1	B D Clews
15:15	soaring at a few hundred feet in melee with Buzzard, Peregrine, 2 Jackdaws and 2 Crows; with much tumbling and chasing.
27/03/18	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	D G Ouseley
15:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
26/03/18	Red Kite	Strand Water, Cookham	2	B D Clews
16:30	At last year's nest.
25/03/18	Red Kite	Cookham Rise	12	B D Clews
16:00	diving down for unseen food item.
21/03/18	Red Kite	Streatley	23	N J Bucknell
11:30	circling over recently ploughed land near Cleeve Court with 2 Buzzards.
23/03/18	Red Kite	Odney Club, Cookham	6	B D Clews
10:50	circling low together including 2 which talon locked in dispute over food item resulting in both of them descending rapidly and colliding with the ground.
15/03/18	Red Kite	White Place Farm, Cookham	4	B D Clews
11:30	2 pairs soaring over farm.
15/03/18	Red Kite	Summerleaze GP	2	B D Clews
11:00	soaring over lake.
16/03/18	Red Kite	Widbrook Common	4	B D Clews
11:00	2 pairs displaying over Common treescape.
16/03/18	Red Kite	Wokingham	2	P O'Neill
17:00	ad (hopefully!). Copulating at the top of a large willow tree 20m from the Barkham Road just down from the community hospital.
16/03/18	Red Kite	Saltney Mead	5	M J Smith
	Territorial or female dispute over field north of sewage farm.
16/03/18	Red Kite	Shaw House, Newbury	1	K Taylor
07:45	SU474684.
15/03/18	Red Kite	The Avenue, Shaw	2	K Taylor
07:30	Two birds sitting in the woodland adjacent to the park. One had brought food in and was feeding the other. SU474681.
15/03/18	Red Kite	Winter Hill Golf Club	6	B D Clews
09:30	circling over various sections.
13/03/18	Red Kite	Maidenhead	7	D Fuller
15:43	circling over my garden with a Common Buzzard. SU900833.
13/03/18	Red Kite	Green Park	2	B D Clews
11:30	in display over the Park.
08/03/18	Red Kite	Shaw House, Newbury	2	K Taylor
08:00	SU474684.
04/03/18	Red Kite	Reading Road, Finchampstead	20	B McCartney
16:50	Often have Red Kites over here but not in such numbers. They started circling at the location given and more came in from the north. SU770628.
03/03/18	Red Kite	Bottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs	2	S A Graham
13:15	Pair feeding on carrion in nearby field, being jealously watched over by a Grey Heron.
23/02/18	Red Kite	Winkfield	4	F Hughes
10:30	3male;1female.
21/02/18	Red Kite	Englefield	27	R Crawford
14:30	Including 19 in a recently-ploughed field by the gate.
16/02/18	Red Kite	Cow Down, West Ilsley	2	C McEwan
16:45	SU5289.
14/02/18	Red Kite	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:00	Several main wing feathers missing equally from both wings - don't recall seeing any evidence of moulting before.
12/02/18	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
13:10	Perched in a Birch tree, S/E corner of the pony paddock.
28/01/18	Red Kite	Widbrook Common	8	B D Clews
14:30
27/01/18	Red Kite	Charvil CP	1	P D Hadfield

22/01/18	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
11:12	At the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
10/01/18	Red Kite	Jouldings Farm, Farley Hill	82	J M Clark
16:00	minimum count of birds mostly perched in oak trees to east of minor road from Farley Hill to River Blackwater. A local told me the birds are fed at 4 pm by someone in the farm. There could easily have been 100 or more. Clearly previous counts I have submitted may be on the low side!
06/01/18	Red Kite	Jouldings Farm, Farley Hill	36	J M Clark
16:00	at least gathering to roost.
05/01/18	Red Kite	Mill Pond, Bracknell	1	M Hunt