chooklady Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 (edited) My youngest daugther and I saw this Red Kite less than a mile from our house yesterday morning. Our local birding website has had no reports of a Red Kite in Hertford before, so it was quite exciting and lovely to know that they are spreading thoughout the county. Here it is along with a Great spotted woodpecker I saw yesterday aswell. http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a107/nicolaknott/IMGP2369.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a107/nicolaknott/IMGP2367.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a107/nicolaknott/GreatspottedWoodpecker.jpg Edited January 19, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellekatz Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Beautiful birds!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Lovely photos We had a woodpecker once in our garden man years ago, beautiful birds. There is one in the park, I haven't been able to see it but you can hear it every day I've never seen a Red Kite before, stunning looking bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 We are very lucky, the Rockingham Forest Red Kite Programme is not far from where we live and we see a lot of red kites around. They are stunning looking birds and so huge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 There have been a lot of breeding programmes so there are a lot more of them around now - beautiful birds! We usually see them when travelling down the M40 to London - around High Wycombe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 There have been a lot of breeding programmes so there are a lot more of them around now - beautiful birds! We usually see them when travelling down the M40 to London - around High Wycombe. That's near Phil's folks - they have loads circling around because of all the dead mice etc in the fields. Beacuse they are so high, the kites can sometimes be flying below you, which is wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 - beautiful birds! We usually see them when travelling down the M40 to London - around High Wycombe. That's where I usually see them Gorgeous shot of the woodpecker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooklady Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 My daugther and I went to Christmas Common in Oxfordshire yesterday. We saw about 20 Kites before we got to our destination and by the end of the day we must have seen a hundred easily, here are a couple of photos I took. They are amazing birds, I am always thrilled to see them, can't get enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 ! We were at Christmas Common just the other week - walking the dog on Watlington Hill. She just loves it there with all the bunnies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Wow - how fantastic. I'd love to see them, they look so gracefull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Great photo's. We have one that comes now and again - it arrived last year and was around a couple of days. It comes every other month or so when the buzzards seem to be elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Wonderful. I love this shot ... you've even caught its eye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Wow, beautiful photos. I agree - it doesn't matter how many times you see a kite, they are still stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooklady Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 We watched the one with the damaged feathers for quite a while. The other one flew right over our heads and was circling round, you could see it almost watching us. So graceful, they give me goosebumps and I can't stop looking at the photos we took. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
