red kite

[m.durston]

hi all, well it has finally happened! my mate at work has finally bagged a photo of one of a solitary pair of red kites (well his missus did lol) that frequent the st albans area.
the cheeky bugger is carrying a fish and was apparently snacking on it in mid flight.

 

[FGYT]

dunno about snacking was probably killing it

nice Photo tho

ATB

Duncan

 

[Nagual]

Thats an amazing shot, lovely..


Cheers,

 

[m.durston]

thing is i always thought red kites were scavengers and only really going after carrion etc.

 

[nuggets]

any rings or tags on it ??? i saw a couple of them over a sand quarry at ryton - gateshead - part of the captive release program a couple of years ago - fantastic sight !!!

 

[gsfgaz]

Brilliant pic m8 ....

 

[Freelander]

Good shot,

I saw one from my sitting room a few weeks aso, I live just up the road from you so may have been the same one, although I have seen one over Kings Walden way quite a few times.

 

[Adze]

thing is i always thought red kites were scavengers and only really going after carrion etc.

Bit of both - never heard of them fishing though. If you zoom into the pic using Gimp or Irfanview it looks a lot like a herring, more likely to be scavenged than netted by the kite

 

[wattsy]

they're absolutely incredible to watch as well i lived in powys last year and we'd see them nearly every day. if you ever get the chance to go to the feeding centre in rhayader you should go nothing quite like seeing 200 of them all at once

 

[m.durston]

well we have spotted the pair flying over the fields between redbourn village and st albans, this shot was taken over a place called east hyde just outside of harpenden.
my mate emailed the photo to the herts bird club and they have put it on their front page.
http://www.hnhs.org/birds/

 

[Rich^uk]

Went to Wales last easter and we had a few of them around. only got a few good shots as i was too busy chatting with friends instead of taking some photos :X

 

[Tony]

Good stuff, we have loads of them and Buzzards around here, when we had the snow we were watching them 6 feet away sitting on the ground and the washing machine we had sitting out the back at the time, beautiful to watch.

 

[hertsboy]

I was out walking near Chesham in the Chilterns on Tuesday... there were six of the beauties flying around and perching in a little copse. Wish I'd had a camera with me.

And to think I had to sign the Official Secrets Act in 1974 because I was working on a nature reserve in mid Wales where they were nesting.

Now common as muck round our way..... and thank God for that.

I doubt if the buzzards are happy about it thought - I've noticed quite a decline in the number of buzzards I seem

 

[Gill]

That is an excellent picture, we always see these beautifull birds when we go to Loch Ken canoeing.

 

[morch]

we always see these beautifull birds when we go to Loch Ken canoeing.

There is a feeding centre not far from Loch Ken. Amazing watching 100 or so of them together

Dave

 

[Andyre]

stunning photo, we have loads of these beautiful birds around here, still trying to get some decent shots of them.
Last weekend myself and Toadflax saw one take a mouse in the field next to the farm track we were driving up, where was my camera? In the boot of the car, next time maybe!

 

[bushblade]

dunno about snacking was probably killing it

nice Photo tho

ATB

Duncan

They eat on the wing.

 

[sprucegoose01]

Awesome! Nice pics.