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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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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 |