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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2019 and 31/12/2019.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
30/12/19	Red Kite	Maidenhead	20	S M Meads
14:00	Circling above gardens in Farm Road area.
30/12/19	Red Kite	Jouldings Farm, Farley Hill	75	J M Clark
16:00	minimum; pre-roost gathering. Flew off west at dusk possibly roosting in woodlands at Farley Court.
30/12/19	Red Kite	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	10	G Stewart
13:30	Circling high over towards Thatcham town centre as viewed SW corner of lake.
14/12/19	Red Kite	Padworth Lane GP	1	R Holder
14:40
09/12/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	2	F Hughes
10:00	Quatering rough pasture at Frost Folly.
08/12/19	Red Kite	Lower way/the moors thatcham	12	G Stewart
13:10	SU512672.
21/11/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	3	F Hughes
11:00	All perched in separate trees in fields.
20/11/19	Red Kite	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	M Hunt
10:06
18/11/19	Red Kite	South Ascot	4	S D Abbott
12:10	Over Sunninghill.
18/11/19	Red Kite	Pangbourne	15	A Taylor
13:30	Locally high number of birds soaring over SW quadrant of village.
12/11/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	2	F Hughes
14:40	Cruising at Tesco,Dedworth at rooftop height.Up to 5 seen here fairly regularly.
11/11/19	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	3	R F Milligan
11:14	East end of Grove Lake.
06/11/19	Red Kite	Reading town centre	2	S J Wright
	Loitering over Station Road. SU7173.
03/11/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	1	F Hughes
10:30	Perched on top of tall tree field next to polo field.
28/10/19	Red Kite	Calcot, Reading	10	L G Evans
17:46
22/09/19	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	4	S A Graham
08:00
19/09/19	Red Kite	Fobney Meadow	7	A Absolom
16:32
14/09/19	Red Kite	Purley on Thames, Reading	26	N J Bucknell
	during WeBS count circling over recently cut hay in meadows by Thames.
08/09/19	Red Kite	Crookham Common	1	R C Watts
16:30	Please keep to the main paths.
06/09/19	Red Kite	Sonning Meadows	2	R C Watts
10:45
30/08/19	Red Kite	Battlemead Common	16	B D Clews
09:00	over mowing operations.
27/08/19	Red Kite	Reading	1	S J Wright
	Seen from Station Road, lingering just above roof tops. SU7173.
26/08/19	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
12:12	Perched at the top of the dead tree at Pine Peninsular. Please only view from the public footpath.
26/08/19	Red Kite	Battlemead Common	5	B D Clews
11:00	'at play' with high-level model aeroplane.
25/08/19	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	2	S A Graham
08:45
24/08/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	2	F Hughes
10:00	Perched together on low fence between horse paddocks.
08/07/19	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	4	K P Duncan

31/07/19	Red Kite	Streatley	40	N J Bucknell
16:10	feeding on, or circling over stubble field at Streatley Farm on which animal manure was being spread.
21/07/19	Red Kite	North Ascot	2	S D Abbott
19:10	Over garden just before the Sparrowhawk attack.
14/07/19	Red Kite	Lea Farm Lake	13	F Hutchinson
11:00	At least, following tractor cutting grass on landfill.
14/07/19	Red Kite	Streatley	4	N J Bucknell
15:40	pair with 2 juv. now left nest at Streatley Farm.
13/07/19	Red Kite	Forest Park, Bracknell	2	J Crouch
08:50	Flying above the garden - calling and talons touched in aerial greeting. SU889678.
01/07/19	Red Kite	Tilehurst	27	J Lerpiniere
08:53	SU6574.
07/07/19	Red Kite	Newbury Town Centre	1	K G White
06:43	ad. Heavily in wing moult, foraging over gardens east of Sainsbury's supermarket. Was not intercepted by Black 69. SU472669.
03/07/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	2	F Hughes
15:00	interacting over home,one possible juvenile. Previous entry of swifts at 10.30am.
30/06/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	1	F Hughes
11:00	fem. seen in Windsor Forest approaching tall tree where possible juvenile begging.Also 1 Marbled White butterfly-first seen in 40 years,and numerous Ringlets.
30/06/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	8	F Hughes
10:00	Gliding over lake in horse pasture.At least 1 very ragged female.
27/06/19	Red Kite	Blackpotts Viaduct	1	J C Soane
19:15	SU974780.
22/06/19	Red Kite	Thatcham	28	N Cleere
13:30	attracted to tractor cutting hay field at bottom of Hart's Hill road. More arriving high up from all directions.
21/06/19	Red Kite	Knowl Hill	12	S D Abbott
09:00	Over Flics Cafe.
17/06/19	Red Kite	Cookham Lock	2	R Fabry
17:58	High above Lock. SU903856.
14/06/19	Red Kite	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
09:00	Dead. Probably a day or two. On south bank of Holy Brook west of dsmntld rlwy bridge over brook.
06/06/19	Red Kite	Thatcham	16	G Stewart
16:30	By St Mary’s church, intersection of Lower Way and The Moors. SU5166.
06/06/19	Red Kite	Tilehurst	18	J Lerpiniere
14:14	Minimum circling. SU6773.
03/06/19	Red Kite	Pangbourne	11	A Taylor
15:10	Circling over southern part of village.
27/05/19	Red Kite	Tilehurst	32	R Crawford
17:10	Over garden, barbecue hunting??
24/05/19	Red Kite	Arthur Newbery Park, Tilehurst	20	C J Forsey
18:07	At least 20 in an elongated funnel, obviously catching the same thermal..quite hypnotic to watch.
22/05/19	Red Kite	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
	ad and one juv. pullus seen in nest at Streatley Farm.
21/05/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	3	F Hughes
15:00	Over horse pastures flying towards Windsor Forest.
19/05/19	Red Kite	Cookham	17	B D Clews
16:30	Circling over Marsh Meadow during clear-up of weekend rave.
14/05/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	1	F Hughes
15:20	fem. Quartering over polo fields until seen off by carrion crow.Also falcon maybe hobby or kestrel-fleeting glimpse.
12/05/19	Red Kite	Hurst	30	P O'Neill
15:30	Minimum in two fields at Pound Lane and Lines Road.
10/05/19	Red Kite	Frost Folly	3	C McNish
15:09	SU874725.
04/05/19	Red Kite	Langley Mead	1	R Holder
12:57
19/04/19	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	5	S A Graham
10:18
14/04/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	6	F Hughes
11:15	2.pairs ,2 singles.
10/04/19	Red Kite	Reading	22	R C Price
15:20	Over Shinfield Road between Sportsman pub and Shell petrol station. SU735705.
07/04/19	Red Kite	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
14:50	on nest at Streatley Farm.
06/04/19	Red Kite	Greenham Common	1	P Goriup
19:25	SU490649. Please keep to the main paths.
06/04/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	5	F Hughes
15:26	Overhead around churchyard.
24/03/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	4	F Hughes
11:45	Windsor Forest-Circling highAlso 1 buzzard. 8 male brimstones feeding on primrose flowers. First wood sorrel in bloom.
23/03/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	3	F Hughes
11:30	Sutherland Grange-circling overhead.Also several singing great titsand male brimstone butterflies.
22/03/19	Red Kite	Dedworth, Windsor	15	P Mannion
15:15	At about three to half three each day, dogs in a grey hound rescue centre west of Willows Path are fed, and large numbers of kites come in a feed. It’s impossible to see what they are eating, maybe what the dogs leave. They are there in the trees for a while beforehand. SU933767.
17/03/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	1	F Hughes
10:55	Seen from 2 metres away.Stooped to ground and picked up dead rat and flew away.Aggresive rook swooped at it making it drop the prey in rook nesting area.Came back several times looking for the rat but unsuccessfully while we were there.
14/03/19	Red Kite	Boulters Lock, R. Thames, Maidenhead	2	B D Clews
16:33	at nest in Battlemead Close.
11/03/19	Red Kite	Tilehurst	31	R Crawford
15:30	Viewed from spit at Main Pit.
09/03/19	Red Kite	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	F Hutchinson
10:15	Swooping low over woodland and Harris garden. Also seen collecting nesting material.
25/02/19	Red Kite	Woodley	16	F Hutchinson
13:00	Inc. group of 15. Also first brimstone I've seen this year.
24/02/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	4	F Hughes
10:00	Polo field.2 perched in oak then took flight and quatered field and2 more soaring on thermals.
21/02/19	Red Kite	Cookham	16	B D Clews
12:07	spread out over the Cookhams as viewed from partial panoramic view. (So may have been more).
20/02/19	Red Kite	White Place Farm, Cookham	8	B D Clews
11:40	circling over what is now re-named as Battlemead Common.
17/02/19	Red Kite	Streatley	31	N J Bucknell
15:20	circling over fields north of Larden Chase.
15/02/19	Red Kite	Queen Mother Reservoir	10	P J Newbound
12:05	Key holders only.
14/02/19	Red Kite	Queen Mother Reservoir	6	B D Clews
15:00	Key holders only.
14/02/19	Red Kite	Bury Down	1	R C Watts
10:30	Over.
14/02/19	Red Kite	Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead	12	G R Farrell
14:00	Seemed to feeding from a back garden in Farm Road.
11/02/19	Red Kite	Ashmore Green	3	P Holliday
09:45	SU504692.
07/02/19	Red Kite	Englefield	1	R C Watts
12:15
05/02/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	2	F Hughes
11:00	Cruising over horse pasture most of morning.Very vocal and interacting.?pre-breeding activity.
03/02/19	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	1	M Hunt
10:50
27/01/19	Red Kite	Farley Hill	11	K G White
10:30	total of 11 Kites in the Berkshire side of 1km square SU7463 during EWBS. SU7463.
25/01/19	Red Kite	Leighton Park School, Reading	20	M Price
15:00	Circling over Shinfield Rd; who feeds them?
24/01/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	4	F Hughes
11:25	2 perched in treetops near St.Peter's church,2 flying low.
20/01/19	Red Kite	Walbury Hill	3	S A Graham
09:45
18/01/19	Red Kite	Cookham Rise	11	B D Clews
14:01	circling together over Copas Farm.
14/01/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	1	F Hughes
11:15	Over cemetary.Also singing goldcrest (not seen).
13/01/19	Red Kite	Streatley	21	N J Bucknell
11:00	"kettle" circling over Thames near the Leatherne Bottle, North of village.
12/01/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	8	F Hughes
10:40	Above green pasture.
06/01/19	Red Kite	Palmer Park, Reading	8	F Hutchinson
13:25	2 groups of 4.
01/01/19	Red Kite	Winkfield	7	F Hughes
10:40	cruising low over houses.