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DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
31/12/20Red KiteBattlemead Close12D Fuller
12:54
mainly ad birds. 12 soaring together very low with 1 Common Buzzard and female Sparrowhawk looked like somebody maybe feeding them. SU902834.  
29/12/20Red KiteJouldings Farm, Farley Hill120J M Clark
14:30
minimum number attracted to feeding station.  
26/12/20Red KiteNorth Lake, South Hill Park, Bracknell1J E Warren
SU869670.  
05/12/20Red KiteWoodhurst Park, Warfield1J E Warren
SU858707.  
05/12/20Red KiteBisham4R C Watts
13:05
All On the ground opposite side of road. . SU841841.  
05/12/20Red KiteHosehill Lake, Theale GPs1R Holder
08:42
 
04/12/20Red KiteTemple GC4L G Evans
22:07
 
29/11/20Red KiteStreatley17N J Bucknell
10:45
roosting in tree line parallel to Thames at Streatley Farm.  
21/11/20Red KiteThatcham Garden1G Stewart
10:15
Whistling/calling from top of a tree in adjacent garden. In last couple of weeks it has been regularly calling from this spot. SU5266.  
16/11/20Red KiteShurlock Row6R Alliss
10:32
All loafing in one tree.  
09/11/20Red KiteShurlock Row10R Alliss
10:28
7 perched and 3 flying over same field.  
06/11/20Red KiteCaversham, Chiltern Road4R C Watts
14:25
 
03/11/20Red KiteMartin's Heron, Bracknell3J Crouch
14:00
All birds circling above the railway station.  
28/10/20Red KiteStreatley48N J Bucknell
12:25
on and over field at Streatley Farm next to Cleeve Court being cultivated.  
28/10/20Red KiteSouth Lake, Woodley4R Holder
12:22
 
27/10/20Red KiteUpper Bucklebury6B Lyle
15:00
sitting trees at bottom of garden.  
26/10/20Red KiteStreatley30N J Bucknell
14:10
on and above field in cultivation just south of the farm house at Streatley Farm.  
19/10/20Red KiteNewbury Racecourse5D Edwards
11:30
On ground on driving range.  
16/10/20Red KiteNewbury BT Exchange1K G White
08:21
Flying high near BT altered it's course and avoided going over the exchange. SU474669.  
15/10/20Red KiteBracknell Town Centre1K G White
09:00
adult foraging over streets and car parks. Mobbed a Buzzard doing the same. SU871693.  
09/10/20Red KiteNewbury BT Exchange1K G White
07:41
Chas d away from BT Exchange by Peregrine Black 69. SU473668.  
07/10/20Red KiteUpper Bucklebury1B Lyle
08:46
been sitting at top of same tree for a couple of hours every day for several months, preening, drying out etc. A real creature of habit.  
28/09/20Red KiteCrazies Hill40J C Morgan
16:00
min count in field being ploughed.  
26/09/20Red KiteWokingham1R C Watts
12:28
SU812673.  
25/09/20Red KiteNewbury Sainsbury's car park1K G White
07:30
Just flown too close to BT Exchange and was aggressively attacked by Peregrine Black 69. SU473668.  
25/09/20Red KiteNewbury BT Exchange2K G White
07:24
Foraging over town centre streets, houses and gardens. SU473668.  
22/09/20Red KiteTilehurst26R Crawford
07:20
Circling over gardens in The Meadway.  
22/09/20Red KiteFobney Meadow6R C Price
12:44
 
16/09/20Red KiteCrookham Pools, Crookham Common2S D Abbott
14:15
Pair drinking and bathing in large pool by northern boundary.  
14/09/20Red KiteFleethill Farm3P J Crowley
13:30
at least this number over the fields. Private site, view only from footpath.  
13/09/20Red KiteNewbury Racecourse3D Edwards
13:45
Resting on driving range, enjoying sunshine.  
10/09/20Red KiteNewbury BT Exchange2K G White
07:39
ad. Foraging over town centre. SU475669.  
06/09/20Red KiteM4 J8/91S A Graham
08:36
Road causality W. of junction - I seem to remember a prob. in the other direction last year.  
07/09/20Red KiteBattlemead Common12B D Clews
15:00
hunting low over mowing operations.  
04/09/20Red KiteA4, nr Lower Denford1M J Amphlett
18:45
Perched atop a dead tree, on S side of A4. SU3668.  
31/08/20Red KiteWokingham luckley Road1R C Watts
11:25
SU811673.  
30/08/20Red KiteFrost Folly3S D Abbott
16:00
Maybe a family group.  
30/08/20Red KiteWigmoreash Pond, Inkpen Hill5S A Graham
08:30
Min.  
22/08/20Red KiteMapledurham Lock5R C Watts
11:30
 
16/08/20Red KiteUpper Bucklebury1B Lyle
12:07
juv. still sitting atop tall tree in garden now 6 weeks or so but still does not scavenge. older birds are taking up prime cuts.  
03/08/20Red KiteWalbury Hill6K G White
10:31
SU380616.  
02/08/20Red KiteUpper Bucklebury2B Lyle
16:22
juv. side by side install trees in garden.  
31/07/20Red KiteCaversham, Chiltern Road3R C Watts
09:30
 
18/07/20Red KiteEton Wick12K Rhodes
10:35
Following tractor north of village.  
17/07/20Red KiteNewbury R Kennet Wharf2K G White
05:46
1 ad 1 juv. Foraging low over Bone Lane and Mill At areas. One adult in advanced wing moult and one perfect plumaged juvenile tagging on behind. Impossible to say how far they had come. SU537624.  
13/07/20Red KiteUpper Bucklebury1B Lyle
11:40
juv. sitting in tall tree in garden for 8 days constantly whistling for parents to feed it. Has not learnt to scavenge yet.  
12/07/20Red KiteNorth Ascot4S D Abbott
12:15
Over Mill Ride - looks like the resident pair with possible young...in same upward convection current.  
12/07/20Red KiteCaversham, Chiltern Road6R C Watts
13:23
Circling.  
02/07/20Red KiteReading1S A Graham
16:00
Forbury Rd: mobbing corvids on rooftop opposite Apex Plaze; having to pull up sharply to avoid crashing into upper story windows! SU715737.  
30/06/20Red KiteNature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh14G Stewart
12:55
Circulating and kettling over Thatcham town centre.  
30/06/20Red KiteNewbury BT Exchange5K G White
08:02
Foraging around wharf and canal, 3 together at one point. All chased off with vigour by BT male Peregrine Black 69. SU473668.  
28/06/20Red KiteLittle John's Farm6S A Graham
09:30
Including a party of 5 scruffy looking birds sat in recently mowed field.  
24/06/20Red KiteNewbury BT Exchange1K G White
06:05
Foraging over the Wharf and Victoria Park. SU472669.  
21/06/20Red KiteMaidenhead1S M Meads
16:00
Perched in pine tree in garden.  
21/06/20Red KiteNewbury1M J Dear
11:01
One being attacked by a calling female Peregrine over the town centre.  
20/06/20Red KiteStreatley3N J Bucknell
13:20
juv. on nest - now they are moving around it appears there are three!  
16/06/20Red KiteUpper Bucklebury16B Lyle
11:12
kettling above house. must be all that hot air.  
15/06/20Red KiteTheale Road, Burghfield1M J Amphlett
22:36
Overflew local garden. SU6568.  
15/06/20Red KiteNorth Ascot1S D Abbott
17:40
Mobbing a straying Buzzard - over west.  
14/06/20Red KiteEton Wick2R C Watts
14:25
 
14/06/20Red KiteStreatley3N J Bucknell
12:45
ad & 2 juv. 2 good sized young visible on nest at Streatley Farm exercising wings.  
14/06/20Red KiteNewbury BT Exchange2K G White
07:50
2 Red Kites aggressively attacked by female Peregrine in 1 minute. SU473668.  
13/06/20Red KiteUpper Bucklebury12B Lyle
14:37
kettling above house.  
09/06/20Red KiteTilehurst25J Lerpiniere
13:34
Probably 30 over. SU672739.  
09/06/20Red KiteNewbury BT Exchange1K G White
06:25
Chased off by Black 69 as it approaches within 150 metres of the BT Exchange building. SU473668.  
08/06/20Red KiteEmmbrook21P O'Neill
15:45
Minimum of 21 low over Sewell Avenue, also 2 Buzzard with them. My highest count for the area, most likely food had been put out.  
02/06/20Red KiteThatcham10G Stewart
13:15
10 Red Kite circling over Station Road/Kennet School,Thatcham. SU5266.  
04/06/20Red KiteNewbury BT Exchange1K G White
09:07
Repeatedly dive bombed by Black 69 male Peregrine. SU472670.  
01/06/20Red KiteBinfield20D A MacKenzie Dodds
12:27
With 2 buzzards. Following the sileage tractor (like Eric Cantona's 'trawler-following seagulls') as the grass was cut from the fields on Murell Hill Lane, opposite Fitzgerald Park. SU840701.  
28/05/20Red KiteWhite Place Farm, Cookham3B D Clews
14:48
circling.  
30/05/20Red KiteStreatley1N J Bucknell
09:55
looks like at least one downy young on nest at Streatley Farm.  
29/05/20Red KiteWokingham10S Robertson
14:05
Circling over fields just outside Wokingham towards Bracknell, viewed from train.  
29/05/20Red KiteLower Earley1D J Mills
09:35
Being mobbed/escorted by local pair of Magpies from tree @ bottom of garden - normally ignore each other .  
26/05/20Red KiteTilehurst30J Lerpiniere
09:24
Looking up from garden around 30 KT in view! SU665742.  
26/05/20Red KiteThatcham21G Stewart
17:00
Seen circling over Thatcham from Discovery Centre' (Lower Way / The Moors).  
26/05/20Red KiteTilehurst36G Sumner
18:06
Circling over Westwood Rd, Pierces Hill . SU660746.  
26/05/20Red KiteFurze Platt18T Firth
17:56
Just counted 18 Red kites overhead from our garden ! SU877823.  
22/05/20Red KiteFurze Platt1B Reeve
19:33
Landed twice this evening on a bird bath in the garden.  
23/05/20Red KiteProspect Park5S A Graham
14:30
 
22/05/20Red KiteFurze Platt1B Reeve
19:33
Landed twice this evening on a bird bath in the garden.  
22/05/20Red KiteWoodley20M Turton
At least 20 circling over Antrim Road.  
20/05/20Red KiteReading7S A Graham
18:45
Grovelands Rd:soaring together in the early evening. SU686735.  
20/05/20Red KiteSwinley Park1J Crouch
18:45
 
19/05/20Red KiteMill Pond, Swinley Forest1J E Warren
ad. SU888653.  
19/05/20Red KiteTilehurst29G Sumner
17:03
Viewed from garden . 2 more than my previous best . 18:30 just had 32. SU660746.  
18/05/20Red KiteStrand Water, Cookham2B D Clews
11:00
2 at nest in large tree in paddock.  
17/05/20Red KiteNewbury BT Exchange1K G White
07:50
ad. Flew in too near the Newbury BT Exchange building and was repeatedly dive bombed by Peregrine Black 69. SU476669.  
15/05/20Red KiteReading5S A Graham
17:45
Lundy lane: evening gathering soaring low overhead. SU690733.  
09/05/20Red KiteSwinley Forest1J E Warren
ad. SU891648.  
07/05/20Red KiteTilehurst19J Lerpiniere
16:23
19 in view at a glance converging on one patch. SU6674.  
06/05/20Red KiteLower Earley15L Garner-Langham
16:30
Several aerial displays today, best one in the late afternoon.  
05/05/20Red KiteNorth Lake, South Hill Park, Bracknell1J E Warren
ad. SU869670.  
04/05/20Red KiteBucklebury13B Lyle
11:47
kettling over village seen from Ford.  
03/05/20Red KiteNewbury Racecourse6D Edwards
14:10
Circling over racecourse.  
02/05/20Red KiteWhitley Wood, Reading6R Holder
17:41
SU720694.  
29/04/20Red KiteCaversham, Chiltern Road1R C Watts
11:40
Over.  
29/04/20Red KiteSonning2R C Watts
10:40
SU720788.  
26/04/20Red KiteCookham Rise18B D Clews
12:00
kettling over nearby house (presume food put out), being gamefully harassed by a pair of Crows. I was amazed at the agility and perseverance of the Crows even though they had no success whatever.  
24/04/20Red KiteCaversham, Chiltern Road1R C Watts
10:20
 
23/04/20Red KiteCaversham, Chiltern Road3R C Watts
10:44
 
21/04/20Red KiteCaversham, Chiltern Road1R C Watts
16:28
Low over house.  
20/04/20Red KiteLower Earley10L Garner-Langham
13:20
Another high speed aerial display over the garden.  
19/04/20Red KiteRemenham Hill15K Lanxon
17:45
 
19/04/20Red KiteCaversham, Chiltern Road1R C Watts
17:35
 
19/04/20Red KiteCaversham, Chiltern Road1R C Watts
09:18
Usual Red Kite flying around.  
15/04/20Red KiteEarley1L Garner-Langham
12:00
Continually mobbed by a crow over the allotment.  
15/04/20Red KiteNewbury Racecourse9D Edwards
12:50
An astonishing 9 Red Kites on ground in centre of racecourse.  
14/04/20Red KiteLower Earley15L Garner-Langham
10:00
Super aerial display on and off for well over an hour while I was gardening this morning.  
14/04/20Red KiteKeep Hatch8R Dawson
Max count from the back garden.  
14/04/20Red KiteCaversham, Chiltern Road2R C Watts
10:30
On daily walk.  
13/04/20Red KiteEnglemere Pond, Ascot1J Crouch
17:00
 
12/04/20Red KiteCaversham, Chiltern Road7R C Watts
13:14
Circling around.  
10/04/20Red KiteStreatley2N J Bucknell
10:30
pair. with nest at Streatley Farm.  
10/04/20Red KiteBray7R Anstis
16:52
Soaring over the river and the cricket pitch.  
08/04/20Red KiteReading4S A Graham
13:41
Lundy lane: Two pairs regularly sparring over the rooftops. SU691733.  
08/04/20Red KiteEmmer Green4R C Watts
10:40
On my daily walk.  
05/04/20Red KiteNewbury Racecourse4D Edwards
13:10
All four on ground at same time in golf driving range. One appeared to be trying to break in to a golf ball! SU496653.  
02/04/20Red KiteCalcot, Reading5C McEwan
12:58
Circling on a thermal. SU6671.  
25/03/20Red KiteTilehurst15R Crawford
14:40
'Kettling' high above my house.  
17/03/20Red KiteSwinley Park2J Crouch
16:15
 
14/03/20Red KiteWhiteknights Lake, Reading1P Gipson
15:16
Drinking from puddle.  
07/03/20Red KiteBattlemead Common6B D Clews
11:00
including 2 near nest site.  
02/03/20Red KiteEmmer Green Pond2C Garrett
15:34
Flying overhead. SU720764.  
22/02/20Red KiteMoor Copse3S A Graham
14:30
 
18/02/20Red KiteRadley15J Lerpiniere
14:39
Over, one on ground. SU368701.  
18/02/20Red KiteBattlemead Common1B D Clews
11:00
nest building.  
07/02/20Red KiteBerkshire Downs47M J Smith
17:02
Walk from Streatley on ridgeway for 3 miles, in 3 feeding groups.  
03/02/20Red KiteNew workings, Moor Green Lakes3R F Milligan
12:46
Please only view from the public footpath.  
21/01/20Red KiteWargrave4R C Watts
14:10
SU794796.  
20/01/20Red KiteCaversham, Chiltern Road8R C Watts
15:10
Circling above Queen Anne School.  
19/01/20Red KiteWinkfield3F Hughes
11:00
Oakley Green Cemetery.I soaring and quartering,2 perched in trees together.  
06/01/20Red KiteNew workings, Moor Green Lakes4R F Milligan
11:50
Circling the diggings. All sightings S/W TR&GC. Please only view from the public footpath.  

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