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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2023 and 31/12/2023.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
24/11/23	Red Kite	Streatley	27	N J Bucknell
13:00	on field being cultivated at Streatley Farm.
14/10/23	Red Kite	Charville	1	B D Clews
16:32	35 (possibly more) over A4 circling low, presumably following nearby ploughing. SU770755.
07/10/23	Red Kite	Eastbury	2	B Lyle
10:14	NDOC SU37 survey.
07/10/23	Red Kite	Woodlands St Mary	5	B Lyle
10:02	NDOC SU 37 survey.
06/10/23	Red Kite	Streatley	21	N J Bucknell
15:50	circling over the village.
19/08/23	Red Kite	Chilton Foliat	5	B Lyle
10:08	NDOC SU37 survey. SU323703.
18/08/23	Red Kite	Maidenhead	107	B D Clews
12:38	approx count from a video of such a number streaming over a house near Newlands School in groups of 5s to 10s filmed by Mona van der Knapp, who regularly sees good sized groups over and around her house. It is not brilliant quality but I have kept a copy should anyone want to see it and judge its content.
17/08/23	Red Kite	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
12:57	Resident bird soaring high above back garden (roosts in adjacent mature Oak). Seen/heard most days . Thinking about daily walks on Swift watch over last 4-6 weeks on reflection a bit on low side - typically only 3/4 Kites in 30 mins , can't recall double figures at all over summer.
17/08/23	Red Kite	Earley	1	C G Bass
12:25	I've been away for a couple of weeks. Where are all the others? Have they been wiped out by avian flu? SU745712.
17/08/23	Red Kite	Lower Earley	1	D Broadbridge
08:05	flying round.
15/08/23	Red Kite	White Waltham	8	D Cleal
01:52	Over the airfield as hay was cut.
06/08/23	Red Kite	Wigmoreash Pond, Inkpen Hill	3	S A Graham
08:44
31/07/23	Red Kite	Streatley	42	N J Bucknell
17:30	at Streatley Farm, of which 40 were roosting on a recently, lightly cultivated stubble field east of A329.
22/07/23	Red Kite	Furze Platt	7	A Horastead
11:25
09/07/23	Red Kite	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
12:30	ad. on nest platform at Streatley STW.
24/06/23	Red Kite	Upper Bucklebury	4	B Lyle
19:26	Feeding on scraps on ground along with 2 crows and 1 magpie. Amazingly spotted flycatcher dive bombing them. Possibly young fc still about.
20/06/23	Red Kite	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	16	G Stewart
17:00	seen circling around to the north of NDC.
08/06/23	Red Kite	Tilehurst	35	G Sumner
15:30	Coming to food in neighbouring garden . SU660746.
03/06/23	Red Kite	Wickham	8	B Lyle
11:00
02/06/23	Red Kite	Lower Earley	49	M Terry
15:25	As viewed from home, in a long drift from Winnersh to Shinfield. New record count from home. + 2 buzzards.
29/05/23	Red Kite	Tilehurst	31	G Sumner
15:26	Coming to food in neighbouring garden. SU660746.
28/05/23	Red Kite	Swallowfield Church	14	R Hanson
12:30
23/05/23	Red Kite	Newland Farm, Charvil	48	M J Hubbard
15:31	All in recently ploughed field along with 8 Buzzard, 13 Lesser Black Backed Gull & 7 Herring Gulls. SU777766.
22/05/23	Red Kite	Tilehurst	22	G Sumner
16:23	Over West Tilehurst.
18/05/23	Red Kite	Purley on Thames, Reading	26	M J Smith
16:00	Large aggregation spiral over garden in village.
13/05/23	Red Kite	East Garston	5	B Lyle
10:00
13/05/23	Red Kite	Streatley Warren	25	N J Bucknell
15:05	circling over newly cut hay at Warren Farm.
10/05/23	Red Kite	Lower Farm GP	2	B Lyle
15:00
01/05/23	Red Kite	Wigmoreash Pond, Inkpen Hill	3	S A Graham
08:30
29/04/23	Red Kite	Upper Eddington, Hungerford	2	K Taylor
17:05	SU339695.
28/04/23	Red Kite	Tilehurst	1	G Sumner
16:35	At least 30 in view . SU660746.
26/04/23	Red Kite	Wraysbury	1	S Neal
07:39	Ankerwycke NT .
22/04/23	Red Kite	Lea Farm Lake	2	J E Warren
	SU782734.
17/04/23	Red Kite	Roden Downs	31	N J Bucknell
15:50	around field being ploughed at foot of hill.
09/04/23	Red Kite	Pangbourne	50	A Taylor
16:30	min. On ground and over large field between railway and A329. Around tractor seedsowing and/or harrowing.
09/04/23	Red Kite	Streatley Warren	11	S A Graham
09:00	Max.
08/04/23	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	J E Warren
	SU783730.
04/04/23	Red Kite	Furze Platt	14	K G White
16:15	Photo taken by my brother Mark White. Someone feeding them in their garden. SU881826.
03/04/23	Red Kite	Ashmore Green	3	M Stuttard
15:20
21/03/23	Red Kite	Ufton Nervet	1	P Hickman
14:20	Circling Island Farm Road with nesting material.
17/03/23	Red Kite	Freeman's Marsh	1	M Stuttard
14:20
16/03/23	Red Kite	Pangbourne	1	A Taylor
08:00	Seen from house apparently arriving/departing and sitting on nest in tall tree just east of R. Pang on Thames Water site. Also visible from A340 Tidmarsh Road half way between Green Lane and site entrance. SU635761.
16/03/23	Red Kite	Ashmore Green	2	M Stuttard
09:00	One bird seen carrying nesting material to woods at bottom of my garden.
14/03/23	Red Kite	Upper Bucklebury	2	B Lyle
10:47	mating at top of tree in garden. Not sure if it's the same birds as a week ago. Lots of noisy whistles.
08/03/23	Red Kite	Ashmore Green	2	M Stuttard
14:25	pr. Mating in tree at bottom of my garden.
04/03/23	Red Kite	Upper Bucklebury	2	B Lyle
12:54	mating in tree at bottom of garden.
02/03/23	Red Kite	East Garston	1	B Lyle
11:00
25/02/23	Red Kite	East Garston	3	B Lyle
12:00
18/02/23	Red Kite	Buckler's Forest	2	J E Warren
	looking for food. SU844649.
11/02/23	Red Kite	Reading	10	S A Graham
13:00	Oxford Rd: brief kettle high over Brock barrocks.
10/02/23	Red Kite	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
11:10	very low & close together in same air column.
07/02/23	Red Kite	Streatley	21	N J Bucknell
15:00	circling over tractor ploughing field at Streatley Farm next to Cleeve Court.
29/01/23	Red Kite	North Lake, South Hill Park, Bracknell	1	J E Warren
	NOTE Big Garden Birdwatch results. SU869670.
28/01/23	Red Kite	Chapel Green	2	R C Watts
13:30	SU813672.
28/01/23	Red Kite	Bracknell, Jocks Park	5	S C Rider
10:53
24/01/23	Red Kite	Tilehurst	31	G Sumner
13:50	Over the Triangle area.
21/01/23	Red Kite	East Garston	3	B Lyle
10:00
20/01/23	Red Kite	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
09:30	Noise of resident back garden Kite being attacked by Herring Gull drew my attention & revealed TWO Adult Foxes wandering around garden . Single cubs have been seen from time to time over the years but this is a first.
18/01/23	Red Kite	Saltney Mead	1	G Sumner
13:00	Feeding on ground eating an orange ! Then took off carrying it then dropped it .
16/01/23	Red Kite	Tilehurst	25	G Sumner
11:51	Circling , also a Buzzard. SU661746.
14/01/23	Red Kite	Whitley, Reading	9	D J Mills
13:34	viewed from Hartland rd for 30 mins all in same air column.
12/01/23	Red Kite	Streatley	21	N J Bucknell
15:35	in the air together, any hopes that they might disclose where they are roosted dispelled as they dispersed in different directions (mostly west or south-east).
01/01/23	Red Kite	Twyford GPs	1	P D Hadfield
18:53