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Red Kites at Nant yr arian
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It was wet when I went but what I saw was pretty much as in the video... amazing birds... otherwise a poor week for birding apart from a lovely ruff on Borth Beach and some knot at Ynyslas Lots more buzzards than previous years
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loads of sparrows in Borth and Ynyslas and jackdaws flocking like starlings...
The kites were by far the best bit though but there were loads of them all round the Aberystwyth/Clarach/Borth area... didn't see so many round Devils bridge but the weather really was awful... The new sea defence works seemed popular with wagtails though grey and pied
The kites were by far the best bit though but there were loads of them all round the Aberystwyth/Clarach/Borth area... didn't see so many round Devils bridge but the weather really was awful... The new sea defence works seemed popular with wagtails though grey and pied
We have a huge number here in the Chilterns since they were re-introduced a few years ago. There are so many in the countryside that pairs now have territories in the town. We usually see our local pair when we look out the window or are outside. If we are sitting in the garden one or more often cruise or hover overhead looking down and they are so close we can see their eyes. When I go for my walk every day through the local countryside and Stoke Mandeville village I see the pairs that occupy the various territories along the route. Last year I watched 8 red kites catching small animals behind a tractor baling hay and a couple of weeks ago we counted 18 wheeling together over the town of Princes Risborough. Many are family groups of youngsters still learning from their parents. There are so many more soaring above the chalk downlands of the Chiltern Hills too.
They are magnificent birds.
They are magnificent birds.