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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
25/12/12	Red Kite	Finchampstead	1	K Langton
12:00
21/12/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:50	Flew along northern side of the diggings. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
16/12/12	Red Kite	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	T G Ball

16/12/12	Red Kite	Tilehurst	18	G Sumner
13:05	Circling in a tight group over Pierces Hill.
02/12/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:10	Western end of the diggings. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
28/11/12	Red Kite	Ruscombe	14	P Bright-Thomas
09:00	In one sweep, although admittedly over a pretty wide area.
29/11/12	Red Kite	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
13:30	m. Sitting on very top of tall garden Oak calling repeatedly - 4th day spread over last 10days-no luck so far except curious Buzzard today - never seen this before or am i just unobservant?
28/11/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
10:45	Flying around the northern side of the diggings. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
27/11/12	Red Kite	Hurley	14	P Boult
14:00	Great lunch time, parked up next to Prospect Hill/High Wood Hurley Berkshire, 14 Red Kites, 2 Ravens and a supporting cast of Woodpigeons, Stock Doves, Blackbirds, Chaffinches, Pheasants, Carrion Crows, Magpies and a Robin.
25/11/12	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	1	G J King

25/11/12	Red Kite	Caversham, Chiltern Road	1	R C Watts
07:45	over.
22/11/12	Red Kite	Reading		D J Mills
	minimum count circling low over flats on Shinfield rd opposite Mr Fry's - very blustery & at least this number counted while waiting for lights to change - they appeared to be waiting to be fed but no sign of food-just about roof height - not seen this before.
18/11/12	Red Kite	White Waltham Airfield	35	P J Newbound
13:30	in one kettle.
13/11/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:25	Flying around Dell Field. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
10/11/12	Red Kite	Englefield	1	L Seward
07:00
08/11/12	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
09:55	Flew across CLN, putting all the ducks to flight.
08/11/12	Red Kite	Eton Wick	2	N Sluman

06/11/12	Red Kite	Thatcham	2	G Stewart
11:00	Circling overhead in built up area. SU5266.
05/11/12	Red Kite	Thatcham	3	G Stewart
11:00	Lazily circling overhead on a fine sunny morning in a very urban area. SU5266.
06/11/12	Red Kite	Combe Hill	4	D Reynolds

05/11/12	Red Kite	Caversham Heights, Reading	6	T G Ball
	Minimum count of birds drifting over at different times.
04/11/12	Red Kite	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	G J King

01/11/12	Red Kite	Bucklebury	2	D Reynolds

28/10/12	Red Kite	Fobney Island	5	L Seward
09:00
27/10/12	Red Kite	Mapledurham Lock	5	R C Watts
15:50
26/10/12	Red Kite	Windsor	5	R C Watts

26/10/12	Red Kite	Bracknell	1	D East
13:00	Flying low over Priestwood. Seen from Waitrose car park.
21/10/12	Red Kite	Eton Wick	3	K P Duncan

21/10/12	Red Kite	Tilehurst	11	G Sumner
14:05	Soaring over Dark Lane / Overdown Rd area.
20/10/12	Red Kite	Cippenham, Slough	2	K P Duncan

17/10/12	Red Kite	Walbury Hill	2	R C Watts
09:10
14/10/12	Red Kite	Quick's Green	10	P Bright-Thomas
16:30	In ploughed field, at least 2 were juvenile.
14/10/12	Red Kite	Hurley	2	R C Watts

14/10/12	Red Kite	Caversham Park	1	R C Watts
16:00
13/10/12	Red Kite	Reading	1	S A Graham
10:00	Low over the roof tops along Kings Rd, opposite the Kings Walk shopping mall.
11/10/12	Red Kite	Eton Wick	1	W Morgan

04/10/12	Red Kite	Eton Wick	3	N Sluman
	All flying over village.
01/10/12	Red Kite	Walbury Hill	7	P E Hutchins
12:51	Minimum count of birds late morning / early afternoon.
30/09/12	Red Kite	Hurst	8	R Marsh
08:20	SU820725.
28/09/12	Red Kite	Remenham	6	R C Watts
11:40
27/09/12	Red Kite	Eton Wick	2	N Sluman
	Circling over village.
22/09/12	Red Kite	Caversham Heights, Reading	8	T G Ball
16:00	Circling with buzzards.
20/09/12	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R C Watts

20/09/12	Red Kite	Crookham Common	4	R Gilham
13:00	Please keep to the main paths.
01/04/12	Red Kite	Jubilee River	1	K P Duncan

13/09/12	Red Kite	Lea Farm Lake	3	L Seward
10:00
09/09/12	Red Kite	Streatley	3	S A Graham
10:00	Min. count.
06/09/12	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R C Watts

04/09/12	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	W Morgan

01/09/12	Red Kite	Old Windsor	1	K P Duncan

31/08/12	Red Kite	Eastbury Down	10	B Lyle
12:00	soaring over newly mown field.
30/08/12	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	L Seward
10:30	over car park field with R .MARSH.
27/08/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
10:55	Circling Dell Field. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
26/08/12	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	3	S A Graham
08:45
24/08/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
12:30	Circled and landed in N/E corner of Dell Field amongst the hay bales. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
23/08/12	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Marsh
08:20	Spotted by Linda and Tony in a dead tree on the boundary with Lea Farm landfill. 8 seen later on landfill from Ron Bryant hide, attracted by hay making. Also 3 Buzzards.
22/08/12	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	1	G Stewart
15:00
22/08/12	Red Kite	Lea Farm Lake	3	L Seward
12:30
20/08/12	Red Kite	Lea Farm Lake	8	R Marsh
10:35
19/08/12	Red Kite	Lea Farm Lake	10	R Marsh
	At least. Over the N. area of landfill, where hay was being baled - seen during work party. Also 2 Buzzards.
19/08/12	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	2	L R Blundell
11:30	Over newly cut grassland.
19/08/12	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	L Seward
08:15
13/08/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
10:05	Flew over the diggings, putting the other birds to flight. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
11/08/12	Red Kite	Lea Farm Lake	3	L Seward
09:00
04/08/12	Red Kite	Reading	1	S A Graham
09:30	W. end of the Oxford Rd. No Swift for about 3 days now.
01/08/12	Red Kite	Thatcham	4	G Stewart
12:45	Two pairs circling high up over Station Road area of Thatcham. SU5266.
30/07/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
09:25	Flew across the diggings N to S, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
22/07/12	Red Kite	Streatley Warren	5	S A Graham
09:37	Gathered around a rabbit carcass, taking hesitant nibbles.
15/07/12	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	2	M Hunt
	over Dukes Lane.
15/07/12	Red Kite	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	14	R Gilham
15:30	Hunting over a field of freshly cut grass to the south east of the GPs. Please only view from the public footpath.
12/07/12	Red Kite	Bracknell	1	D East
14:00	Flying low over our house in Harmans Water.
05/07/12	Red Kite	Hampstead Norreys	11	B Lyle
14:30	same place Tuesday. 8 on the ground 3 in the air.
03/07/12	Red Kite	Hampstead Norreys	10	B Lyle
11:30	6 in the air and 4 on ground of newly mown hayfield on road to Buclkebury.
25/06/12	Red Kite	Knowl Hill	34	P J Newbound
16:00
25/06/12	Red Kite	Crookham Common	5	R Gilham
15:00	All flying around the oaks to the north of the pools. Please keep to the main paths.
25/06/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:30	Western end of the diggings, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
18/06/12	Red Kite	Crookham Common	1	P E Hutchins
06:07	In from the east, dropping to the area at the eastern end of the main runway. Please keep to the main paths.
17/06/12	Red Kite	Old Windsor	1	K P Duncan
	regular over village.
14/06/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:10	Across the diggings, N to S, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
09/06/12	Red Kite	Newbury	1	S A Graham
11:00	Going W. low past the Pinchington lane recycling centre.
04/06/12	Red Kite	Reading	4	S A Graham
12:30	Soaring low over houses, SE. of Prospect park.
04/06/12	Red Kite	Ascot, Mill Ride	1	S D Abbott
17:00	Over garden mobbed by two noisy crows.
02/06/12	Red Kite	Review Ground, Windsor Great Park	1	K P Duncan
	feeding on a recent stillborn Red Deer calf.
30/05/12	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	2	M Hunt

28/05/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
10:02	Over the diggings, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
23/05/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	G Duffus
11:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
19/05/12	Red Kite	Newbury	2	S A Graham
14:00	Singles over the Greenham retail park and Boundary rd.
17/05/12	Red Kite	Beech Hill	6	P E Hutchins
12:35	Following ploughing in the field immediately north of the church - two Buzzard also in the area.
15/05/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
10:05	Over the diggings, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
11/05/12	Red Kite	Woolhampton GPs	1	P E Hutchins
18:22	To the north.
11/05/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:52	Over the diggings, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
10/05/12	Red Kite	Shaw, Newbury	2	J Chivers
11:30
06/05/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	G Duffus
11:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
05/05/12	Red Kite	Shaw, Newbury	1	J Chivers
11:30
04/05/12	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:30	Flew over Grove Lake, W to E, S/W G Duffus.
03/05/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
12:35	Flying along the northern edge of Dell Field, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
30/04/12	Red Kite	Englefield	7	P E Hutchins
12:35	Maximum count at any one time.
27/04/12	Red Kite	Englefield	1	P E Hutchins
12:46	Lingering about the airstrip and adjacent fields, showing to 20 yards or less.
27/04/12	Red Kite	Woolhampton GPs	1	P E Hutchins
11:28	To the north, lingering.
24/04/12	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:24	Over Grove Lake heading West, S/W G Duffus.
23/04/12	Red Kite	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P E Hutchins
10:03	Lingering about the eastern / southern areas, present to 10:36+. Key holders only.
22/04/12	Red Kite	Streatley	5	R Gilham
12:00
21/04/12	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	1	R Murfitt
11:00	Low over paddock being mobbed heavily by 2 crows - forced to drop prey to ground, a medium-sized black bird - not clear what species or if it was carrion.
17/04/12	Red Kite	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P E Hutchins
16:30	South along the western edge. Key holders only.
17/04/12	Red Kite	Easthampstead Park	3	M Hunt

16/04/12	Red Kite	Windsor	3	K P Duncan
	drifting south-west over town.
15/04/12	Red Kite	Windsor	1	K P Duncan

15/04/12	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	2	S A Graham
10:30
14/04/12	Red Kite	Easthampstead Park	1	M Hunt

11/04/12	Red Kite	Padworth Lane GP	1	P E Hutchins
17:45	Lingering to the north of the pit.
10/04/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:30	Over Dell Field, S/W J&S Milligan. Please only view from the public footpath.
10/04/12	Red Kite	Easthampstead Park	1	M Hunt

06/04/12	Red Kite	Ascot, Mill Ride	1	S D Abbott
12:00	Low over houses on Goater's Hill.
06/04/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
10:50	Circling across the Northern side of the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
05/04/12	Red Kite	Caversham, Chiltern Road	5	R C Watts
14:23
04/04/12	Red Kite	The Moor, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Marsh
	Calling from a tree, then flew to join 2 others circling over Colemansmoor/Vauxhall Drive area.
03/04/12	Red Kite	Eversley	1	P Doctor
16:30	I think this is outside Berkshire, but shows the range of Red Kites is extending. SU788585.
02/04/12	Red Kite	Newbury Racecourse	2	D Smallridge
15:00
01/04/12	Red Kite	Remenham	7	R C Watts
14:20
01/04/12	Red Kite	Old Windsor	1	K P Duncan

29/03/12	Red Kite	Rectory Road, Streatley	6	R C Watts
10:50
27/03/12	Red Kite	Wraysbury GPs	1	C Lamsdell

27/03/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	5	R F Milligan
10:31	4 circling Dell Field and 1 sat at the top of the Little Owl Oak. Never seen this many together here before. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
25/03/12	Red Kite	Old Windsor	1	K P Duncan

24/03/12	Red Kite	Caversham Heights, Reading	6	T G Ball
	6-10 circling and displaying regularly overhead in last week or two, include at least two first year( 2011) birds. 2-4 buzzards often joining in.
22/03/12	Red Kite	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	C Lamsdell
	Key holders only.
23/03/12	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	W Morgan

22/03/12	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	2	T Gray
14:00
22/03/12	Red Kite	Ashley Hill	1	P Boult

20/03/12	Red Kite	Lower Farm GP	1	P E Hutchins
15:36	Over the western side of the pit.
20/03/12	Red Kite	Caversham, Chiltern Road	3	R C Watts
10:40
19/03/12	Red Kite	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	R Dryden
13:40	Talon grappling in line with Castle. Key holders only.
18/03/12	Red Kite	Caversham Heights, Reading	6	T G Ball
14:00
18/03/12	Red Kite	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	T G Ball
12:00
18/03/12	Red Kite	Finchampstead	1	K Langton
	Possibly now resident? A regular sighting over the new gravel workings.
16/03/12	Red Kite	Hurley	8	P Boult

16/03/12	Red Kite	Bracknell	2	D East
11:10	Flying low and swooping down into a nearby garden (Harmans Water).
15/03/12	Red Kite	Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs	1	R C Watts
11:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
13/03/12	Red Kite	Crookham Common	1	P E Hutchins
15:54	Low southwards. Please keep to the main paths.
11/03/12	Red Kite	Woodley	4	J C Langridge
13:30	Lots of Red Kites today.
11/03/12	Red Kite	Calcot, Reading	2	C McEwan
15:30	High above the Linear Park seeing off a Buzzrd.
08/03/12	Red Kite	Donnington Castle	2	J Chivers
08:00
03/03/12	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	1	G J King

24/02/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
09:50	Over Manor Farm, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
23/02/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
10:44	S/E corner of the diggings, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
21/02/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:40	Over N/E corner of the diggings, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
20/02/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:20	Over Manor Lake and Farm, S/W G Duffus & Bruce Archer. Please only view from the public footpath.
19/02/12	Red Kite	Swinley Forest	1	T Sweetland

19/02/12	Red Kite	Ascot, Mill Ride	2	S D Abbott
13:00	Low over gardens - now daily visitors.
18/02/12	Red Kite	Old Windsor	1	K P Duncan

17/02/12	Red Kite	Shaw, Newbury	1	J Chivers
12:00
14/02/12	Red Kite	Knowl Hill	19	C Lamsdell

12/02/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
12:15	Flying across Manor Farm, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
11/02/12	Red Kite	Woodley	3	J Goodchild
13:00
09/02/12	Red Kite	Knowl Hill	20	R C Watts
11:05	up to birds.
08/02/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
12:55	N/W corner of the diggings, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
07/02/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:45	Over the western end of the diggings. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
04/02/12	Red Kite	Old Windsor	2	K P Duncan

05/02/12	Red Kite	Old Windsor	1	K P Duncan

04/02/12	Red Kite	Old Windsor	2	K P Duncan

05/02/12	Red Kite	Old Windsor	1	K P Duncan

05/02/12	Red Kite	Shaw, Newbury	1	J Chivers

03/02/12	Red Kite	Maidenhead Thicket	7	G R Farrell
12:30	Over Newlands School.
26/01/12	Red Kite	Hurley	3	P Boult
13:00
25/01/12	Red Kite	Bury Down	3	P Driver
12:00
25/01/12	Red Kite	Bury Down	3	P Driver
12:00
22/01/12	Red Kite	Streatley	12	R Gilham
12:00	Seen in singles and pairs over a 3 hour period along The Ridgeway.
22/01/12	Red Kite	Ascot	2	S D Abbott
10:00	Over Ascot Heath school in what looked like early display flight between a pair - plenty of near misses and twisting in the air.
21/01/12	Red Kite	Cow Down, West Ilsley	2	P Doctor
13:45	Seen with D Crimmins Saw nothing else really on a very wind swept down today.
21/01/12	Red Kite	Compton	2	P Doctor
14:07	Seen with D Crimmins. SU538794.
21/01/12	Red Kite	Ashampstead	12	P Doctor
14:10	Road from SU554787 to SU568772 produced 12 Red Kites including 3 spectacularly trying to pick up roadkill. Seen with D Crimmins. SU568772.
21/01/12	Red Kite	Beale Park	6	G Sumner
11:00
21/01/12	Red Kite	Ascot, Mill Ride	1	S D Abbott
11:00	Low over gardens.
20/01/12	Red Kite	Aldworth	6	B Lyle
12:15	hovering above road kill by The Four Points ph.
17/01/12	Red Kite	High Wood, Earley	2	J C Langridge
13:30	In the trees near the allotments.
16/01/12	Red Kite	Bracknell	2	D East
14:30	Flying quite low over our garden (Harmans Water).
15/01/12	Red Kite	Remenham	13	S A Graham
10:15	Approx. including 12 swarming around a likely roost site.
13/01/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
12:45	Flew across Honey and Dell Fields. Please only view from the public footpath.
12/01/12	Red Kite	Remenham	6	R C Watts
11:30
12/01/12	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Marsh
08:40	Flew low over scrape several times, flushing everything. Presumably eyeing up the Lapwing carcass at the back of the scrape, just not brave enough to take it.
12/01/12	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
12:45	Over CLS. S/W G Duffus.
11/01/12	Red Kite	Woolhampton GPs	2	P E Hutchins
15:42	Lingering to the north of the site, one having been seen from 15:09.
09/01/12	Red Kite	Hurley	5	P Boult

07/01/12	Red Kite	Cow Down, West Ilsley	1	S A Graham
13:30	Not a single Passerine seen the scrub area.
06/01/12	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
11:45	Over Manor Farm. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
06/01/12	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	3	W Morgan

02/01/12	Red Kite	Hambridge Road, Newbury	1	P E Hutchins
13:29	North-west of the traffic lights on the A4.
02/01/12	Red Kite	Englefield	1	P E Hutchins
08:56	Over the woodland to the north of the airfield.
02/01/12	Red Kite	Combe	2	S A Graham
10:30
01/01/12	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	P E Hutchins
12:26	Low southwards.
01/01/12	Red Kite	British Airways Pit, Wraysbury GPs	1	P E Hutchins
09:16	Seen circling to the west.