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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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11/12/21 | Red Kite | Newbury BT Exchange | 1 | K G White |
08:31 | Flew high over BT unchallenged. SU476669. | |||
06/12/21 | Red Kite | Maidenhead | 11 | K G White |
13:00 | Circling in a tight group over gardens. SU867797. | |||
04/12/21 | Red Kite | Newbury BT Exchange | 4 | K G White |
08:35 | Seen foraging over nearby gardens at the same time, seen from Sainsbury's carpark. SU473668. | |||
28/11/21 | Red Kite | Newbury BT Exchange | 1 | K G White |
07:35 | Foraging over town centre. SU474669. | |||
22/11/21 | Red Kite | Sonning Meadows | 2 | R C Watts |
15:20 | Over. | |||
21/11/21 | Red Kite | Islet Road, Maidenhead | 9 | D Fuller |
16:14 | ad. A flock of 9 Red Kite all close together quite low maybe being feed in my area. SU900833. | |||
20/11/21 | Red Kite | Maidenhead town centre | 2 | K G White |
12:20 | foraging over gardens and the Marlow railway line. SU883812. | |||
17/11/21 | Red Kite | Sonning | 1 | L G Evans |
18:07 | ||||
08/11/21 | Red Kite | Sonning Meadows | 1 | R C Watts |
11:25 | SU759761. | |||
03/11/21 | Red Kite | Hindhay Farm, Pinkneys Green | 6 | B D Clews |
11:30 | On ground On fresh tillage. | |||
30/10/21 | Red Kite | Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh | 3 | G Stewart |
16:50 | A pair seen giving an aerial display for about 10 mins over towards Thatcham Town centre. | |||
24/10/21 | Red Kite | Newbury BT Exchange | 2 | K G White |
08:33 | Seem to be flying freely around BT without challenge. One clearly has a .22 sized hole in the newly moulted secondaries. SU474669. | |||
21/10/21 | Red Kite | Marsh Meadow, Cookham | 17 | B D Clews |
14:00 | following and circling over tractor activity, per David Pinniger. | |||
26/09/21 | Red Kite | Newbury BT Exchange | 2 | K G White |
08:00 | foraging over town centre. SU474669. | |||
22/09/21 | Red Kite | Newbury town centre | 1 | K G White |
07:07 | Flying low over Northbrook St. SU473671. | |||
07/09/21 | Red Kite | Fobney Meadow | 3 | R C Price |
16:00 | ||||
04/09/21 | Red Kite | Compton | 6 | D Reynolds |
15:40 | ||||
01/09/21 | Red Kite | Compton | 2 | R C Watts |
11:55 | ||||
29/08/21 | Red Kite | Streatley | 15 | N J Bucknell |
15:20 | "kettling" together over field at Streatley Farm where straw was being baled. | |||
12/08/21 | Red Kite | Odney Club, Cookham | 4 | B D Clews |
10:00 | circling. | |||
11/08/21 | Red Kite | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R F Milligan |
10:54 | West end of the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
04/08/21 | Red Kite | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
11:26 | Western end of the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
02/08/21 | Red Kite | Widbrook Common | 4 | B D Clews |
11:30 | ||||
20/07/21 | Red Kite | Newbury BT Exchange | 2 | K G White |
08:15 | Seen foraging over gardens nearby but none coming over BT. SU473668. | |||
18/07/21 | Red Kite | Cippenham, Slough | 6 | K Jones |
11:00 | Following the grass cutter in the hay meadow between Eton Wick and Jubilee river. SU947789. | |||
13/07/21 | Red Kite | Newbury BT Exchange | 2 | K G White |
07:30 | Foraging around nearby gardens but not going nearer that 200 metres to BT - an invisible line marks the no-go zone. SU473669. | |||
11/07/21 | Red Kite | Newbury BT Exchange | 2 | K G White |
08:17 | foraging around nearby gardens but rarely enter the 100m no fly zone around BT. Bar 2 briefly, a notable absence of Lesser Black Backs this morning. SU474669. | |||
10/07/21 | Red Kite | Ockwells Park, Cox Green | 3 | B D Clews |
12:11 | Ad and 2 juvs near nest site. | |||
27/06/21 | Red Kite | Reading | 12 | S A Graham |
16:00 | Lundy lane: I presume they were taking food from a garden in the vicinity, never seen so many locally before though. SU691733. | |||
27/06/21 | Red Kite | Newbury BT Exchange | 2 | K G White |
06:30 | foraging around town centre. SU472670. | |||
26/06/21 | Red Kite | Farley Hill | 5 | K G White |
06:25 | 2 ad 3 juvs. 3 newly fledged juvs in stag-headed oak with 2 adults foraging over maize crops nearby. SU745635. | |||
26/06/21 | Red Kite | Newbury BT Exchange | 2 | K G White |
11:07 | Just chased off by B69 after foraging too near BT. SU473669. | |||
23/06/21 | Red Kite | Norfolk Rd Maidenhead | 4 | K G White |
06:30 | 2 ad 2 juvs. 2 newly fledged juveniles floating around churchyard and adjacent gardens. They looked very weak on the wing. SU885816. | |||
12/05/21 | Red Kite | Ockwells Park, Cox Green | 1 | B D Clews |
05:00 | ||||
23/06/21 | Red Kite | Ockwells Park, Cox Green | 1 | B D Clews |
07:19 | ||||
20/06/21 | Red Kite | Lower Earley | 1 | D J Mills |
08:30 | being escorted by passing B-H gull back to its favourite perch. | |||
16/06/21 | Red Kite | Thurle Down | 3 | B Lyle |
11:00 | ||||
15/06/21 | Red Kite | Lower Earley | 10 | D J Mills |
12:58 | All together over nearby gardens & coming down for possible left out food - when seen over our garden at least a couple appeared to have something in their talons - soon after that they lost interest (all empty talons) & dispursed - zero calls throughout. | |||
12/06/21 | Red Kite | Tilehurst | 50 | G Sumner |
18:40 | At least this number in view across the area . | |||
08/06/21 | Red Kite | Reading | 5 | S A Graham |
18:30 | Lundy lane: spectacular rooftop dogfight presumably over some tasty morsel one bird had picked-up. SU690733. | |||
06/06/21 | Red Kite | Furze Platt | 5 | K G White |
16:38 | foraging around back gardens. SU880824. | |||
31/05/21 | Red Kite | Tilehurst | 40 | G Sumner |
18:11 | At least this number over Chapel Hill area . | |||
30/05/21 | Red Kite | Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead | 1 | G R Farrell |
20:26 | On my back garden bird bath. | |||
30/05/21 | Red Kite | Maidenhead | 15 | S D Abbott |
13:10 | Over Prince Andrew Road - trying to take pigeons off the lawn - one crow mobbing. | |||
29/05/21 | Red Kite | Streatley Warren | 15 | N J Bucknell |
16:50 | circling over field being cut for ahy. | |||
25/05/21 | Red Kite | Tilehurst | 36 | G Sumner |
17:40 | In view over Tilehurst , beating my previous record by 2 ! | |||
22/05/21 | Red Kite | May's Farm, Three Mile Cross | 2 | R Holder |
14:48 | ||||
19/05/21 | Red Kite | Goring | 9 | R C Watts |
10:45 | SU562814. | |||
19/05/21 | Red Kite | Kennetmouth | 6 | R C Price |
12:30 | ||||
14/05/21 | Red Kite | Tilehurst | 31 | G Sumner |
18:26 | In view from garden. SU660746. | |||
08/05/21 | Red Kite | Cookham Dean | 2 | B D Clews |
12:04 | attending nest in Pigeonhouse Wood. | |||
07/05/21 | Red Kite | Aldworth, The Bell | 1 | M J Amphlett |
19:00 | Overflew garden. SU556796. | |||
05/05/21 | Red Kite | Lower Earley | 8 | D J Mills |
13:00 | Whilst concentrating on attacking tree stumps with sledgehammer in the garden 8 Red Kites appeared out of nowhere circling very close & coming below roof level , 2 attacking another 2 but all but 1 disappeared as quickly as they had appeared. Remining individual must be resident male as he went straight to his favourite branched a called for a short time. As far as I am aware nobody feeds them locally & I am sure none of them were carrying food . Bin day locally but they were cleared several hours before . . | |||
30/04/21 | Red Kite | Cabbage Hill, Newell Green | 4 | M Green |
13:00 | ||||
27/04/21 | Red Kite | Holybrook Linear Park, Calcot | 1 | C Feltham |
07:05 | in a tree, waiting to come down onto a calf carcass. SU664712. | |||
19/04/21 | Red Kite | Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead | 12 | G R Farrell |
14:47 | At least 12 above Edith Road in Maidenhead , swooping in to a garden. | |||
14/04/21 | Red Kite | Aston | 2 | A N Stow |
18:45 | ||||
04/04/21 | Red Kite | Sulhamstead | 1 | B Lyle |
14:00 | Dead on A4 by Milehouse Farm, road kill. | |||
02/04/21 | Red Kite | Little John's Farm | 18 | S A Graham |
14:00 | Cow lane: Kettle of approx. 17 with 18th sitting it out in tree. | |||
29/03/21 | Red Kite | Earley | 19 | S Lynch |
16:45 | Someone feeding nearby. SU736708. | |||
28/03/21 | Red Kite | Mortimer | 2 | K G White |
09:39 | Foraging. SU636653. | |||
27/03/21 | Red Kite | North Ascot | 2 | S D Abbott |
14:05 | One of a pair tried to take a feral pigeon that was feeding on the lawn! Never seen this behaviour before. | |||
24/03/21 | Red Kite | Sulham Wood, Sulham | 15 | A Taylor |
16:20 | Following the plough in large open field between northern edge of Sulham Wood and Purley. Also, 1 brown hare crossing field into untilled patch. | |||
22/03/21 | Red Kite | Swinley Park | 1 | J Crouch |
15:30 | ||||
21/03/21 | Red Kite | Newbury BT Exchange | 1 | K G White |
07:38 | Circling high over BT. Did not provoke response from B69 or Mrs M. SU473668. | |||
21/03/21 | Red Kite | Newbury BT Exchange | 3 | K G White |
06:42 | Foraging over town centre gardens. SU473668. | |||
20/03/21 | Red Kite | Wokingham | 5 | R C Watts |
10:20 | No L.O. SU807673. | |||
19/03/21 | Red Kite | Tinkers Copse, Bracknell | 1 | M Green |
11:00 | ||||
17/03/21 | Red Kite | Larks Hill | 1 | M Green |
15:00 | ||||
16/03/21 | Red Kite | River Thames Meadows at Purley | 17 | M J Smith |
14:30 | Plus 2 buzzard - probably 2 of the 4 seen earlier, following plough tractor in Lapwing field. | |||
11/03/21 | Red Kite | Emmer Green Pond | 4 | C Garrett |
15:50 | always flying in area. SU718766. | |||
14/03/21 | Red Kite | Newbury BT Exchange | 3 | K G White |
07:05 | A lot of territorial chasing over the town centre rooftops keeping clear of BT. SU473669. | |||
07/03/21 | Red Kite | Finchampstead | 3 | G Randall |
17:48 | Flying over Cresswells Garage. | |||
07/03/21 | Red Kite | Jocks Copse | 1 | M Green |
13:00 | ||||
07/03/21 | Red Kite | Earley | 1 | E Charlson |
11:05 | In usual tree at end of garden, eating pizza, with a pair of Magpies in close attendance. SU760712. | |||
06/03/21 | Red Kite | Ralph's Ride, Bracknell | 1 | J E Warren |
23:44 | SU880688. | |||
06/03/21 | Red Kite | Streatley | 20 | N J Bucknell |
from Rectory Road to Streatley Warren. | ||||
05/03/21 | Red Kite | Cabbage Hill, Newell Green | 2 | M Green |
12:00 | ||||
27/02/21 | Red Kite | Buckler's Forest | 1 | J E Warren |
23:02 | SU848655. | |||
24/02/21 | Red Kite | Cabbage Hill, Newell Green | 3 | M Green |
13:00 | ||||
23/02/21 | Red Kite | Tinkers Copse, Bracknell | 1 | M Green |
11:45 | ||||
23/02/21 | Red Kite | Shurlock Row | 2 | R Alliss |
17:38 | ||||
20/02/21 | Red Kite | Battlemead Common | 5 | B D Clews |
14:00 | ||||
20/02/21 | Red Kite | Newbury Racecourse | 20 | D Edwards |
11:20 | In two groups, one group of 9 on golf driving range, other group of 11 on ground at west end of area inside race track. Did not stay long, all took to area and drifted off on wind to west over town. | |||
13/02/21 | Red Kite | Windsor Great Park | 5 | M Green |
13:00 | ||||
13/02/21 | Red Kite | Bracknell | 1 | S Robertson |
10:30 | On tree in back garden for about 30 minutes. | |||
11/02/21 | Red Kite | Lower Caversham | 1 | R Sajdak |
16:17 | Strange behaviour from the kite l put apples on my lawn for the blackbirds and my blackcaps and kite came down and took one now it is perched on my neighbours tree eating it vegan bird l think. | |||
10/02/21 | Red Kite | Cabbage Hill, Newell Green | 1 | M Green |
11:30 | ||||
08/02/21 | Red Kite | Caversham | 3 | R C Watts |
15:10 | All in the same area seen on daily exercise. SU721755. | |||
06/02/21 | Red Kite | Tilehurst | 29 | G Sumner |
14:25 | Circling and dropping down to feed . SU663745. | |||
04/02/21 | Red Kite | Newbury BT Exchange | 2 | K G White |
13:26 | Flew over BT Exchange building unchallenged. SU470670. | |||
01/02/21 | Red Kite | Hurst | 15 | P O'Neill |
12:30 | In trees and over fields Line Road. | |||
25/01/21 | Red Kite | Woodley | 25 | L Garner-Langham |
15:15 | Seen from Waitrose car park. | |||
23/01/21 | Red Kite | Quarry Wood | 6 | B D Clews |
11:47 | ||||
19/01/21 | Red Kite | Tilehurst | 28 | R Crawford |
07:55 | Early morning kettle of kites at junction of Honey End Lane/Meadway, counted whist sat at traffic lights, presumably someone's supplying breakfast! | |||
17/01/21 | Red Kite | Speen, Newbury | 15 | G Thornton |
15:04 | Looking down Chaucer Crescent towards Newbury Town Centre at about 14.00 up to 15 circling and occasionally swooping down. | |||
05/01/21 | Red Kite | Maidenhead | 7 | B Reeve |
14:27 | North town moor. | |||
09/01/21 | Red Kite | Upper Bucklebury | 4 | D Reynolds |
15:16 | ||||
09/01/21 | Red Kite | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R Holder |
13:10 | ||||
08/01/21 | Red Kite | Upper Bucklebury | 2 | B Lyle |
13:09 | The regular bird has been joined by another for the last 2 weeks and are sitting on a branch very close to each other and near an old crows nest. A bit early for nesting but here's hoping. | |||
05/01/21 | Red Kite | Maidenhead | 7 | B Reeve |
14:27 | North town moor. | |||
01/01/21 | Red Kite | South Lake, South Hill Park, Bracknell | 1 | J E Warren |
SU870666. |