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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
28/12/09	Red Kite	Woodley	4	S C Smith

27/12/09	Red Kite	Combe Hill	8	F G Mcginnety
15:20
27/12/09	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	F Try
11:30
26/12/09	Red Kite	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
10:30	Heading NE but quite low down...
24/12/09	Red Kite	Woodley	2	J C Langridge
12:00	Perched in a tree in Arundel Road, visible from Crockhamwell Road.
19/12/09	Red Kite	Woolhampton	1	S A Graham
14:00	Low over E. end of the village.
19/12/09	Red Kite	Foliejon Park	2	S D Abbott
14:00	In the same tree as a buzzard on Drift Road.
18/12/09	Red Kite	Woodley	2	S C Smith
	appeared to be taking bread put out for other birds.
18/12/09	Red Kite	Charvil	2	D Hudson
08:45	Pair perched in tree in garden on and off all day. Looking splendid in the sunshine.
09/12/09	Red Kite	Woodley	1	S C Smith
	dropped into the garden to inspect food put out for garden birds.
01/12/09	Red Kite	Charvil	4	S Jones
12:00
26/11/09	Red Kite	Hermitage	3	S D Abbott
08:30	Most I have seen together over this stretch - are they moving enmasse from the M40?
17/11/09	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	3	M Hunt
13:25	Over the village.
17/11/09	Red Kite	Windsor	1	K P Duncan
13:00	The regular lunchtime bird circling over Dedworth Road.
16/11/09	Red Kite	Eastbury Down	7	F G Mcginnety
14:20
16/11/09	Red Kite	Cippenham, Slough	1	A Cooper
11:00	about 25 ft over, struggling in the wind.
12/11/09	Red Kite	Swinley Forest	1	D Lowther
11:30	Somewhere between Lookout and Surrey Hill reservior.
07/11/09	Red Kite	Whitley, Reading	6	D J Mills
14:00	Circling in 3 pairs above Bennett rd near Madstad.
07/11/09	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	D Seward
10:30
05/11/09	Red Kite	Shaw, Newbury	2	J Chivers
10:30
03/11/09	Red Kite	Bottle Lane, Cold Harbour	2	P J Crowley
10:30
02/11/09	Red Kite	Cippenham, Slough	2	A Cooper
14:00	all day, low over westpoint allotments/ m4 spur.
31/10/09	Red Kite	Cippenham, Slough	1	K P Duncan
12:45	over.
31/10/09	Red Kite	Windsor	1	K P Duncan
12:45	over the Long Walk.
26/10/09	Red Kite	Englefield	5	R Crawford
09:15	Following the plough.
25/10/09	Red Kite	Charvil	10	D Hudson
14:00	large gathering, must be feeding time in our area.
25/10/09	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	2	S A Graham
08:30	Mobbing a single Buzzard, Gry. Part & Redwing rptd in vacinity.
25/10/09	Red Kite	Cippenham, Slough	1	K P Duncan
13:00
20/10/09	Red Kite	Woodley	6	J C Langridge
13:30
23/10/09	Red Kite	Bury Down	2	R Angus

21/10/09	Red Kite	Hurley	5	B Reeve
14:30
20/10/09	Red Kite	Windsor	1	M Hunt
11:00	Over Windsor Castle............that's the pub in Kings Road.
19/10/09	Red Kite	Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs	1	K Spring
	Please only view from the public footpath.
18/10/09	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	F J Cottington
13:00
17/10/09	Red Kite	Cippenham, Slough	2	K P Duncan
14:15	over north-east.
17/10/09	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	K P Duncan
09:00
13/10/09	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	S C Smith

13/10/09	Red Kite	Whistley Mill GP, Twyford GPs	6	J D Cox
11:10
12/10/09	Red Kite	Sulham Wood, Sulham	7	T Hemmett
14:15	following tractor ploughing stubble.
10/10/09	Red Kite	Crookham Common	1	S A Graham
14:00	Quartering the gorse and heather. Please keep to the main paths.
09/10/09	Red Kite	Cippenham, Slough	2	K P Duncan

08/10/09	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	5	F J Cottington
13:25
04/10/09	Red Kite	Old Windsor	1	K P Duncan

03/10/09	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	K P Duncan
07:00
29/09/09	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	F J Cottington
13:00
27/09/09	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	3	S A Graham
10:00	Being mobbed by Corvids.
26/09/09	Red Kite	Bracknell	1	S D Abbott
13:30	Over the John Nike Centre.
25/09/09	Red Kite	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	T G Ball
15:45
22/09/09	Red Kite	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	P Gipson
	1-2 regularly all summer at this site, and area to south.
21/09/09	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	F Try
	Mobbed by a crow and a Magpie.
20/09/09	Red Kite	Walbury Hill	2	S A Graham
10:00	On the E. side of the hill being mobbed by Jackdaws.
18/09/09	Red Kite	Sulham Wood, Sulham	1	T Hemmett
15:00	circling low over patch flushing out the larks and partridges.
18/09/09	Red Kite	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	T Hemmett
14:30	over oxford rd.
13/09/09	Red Kite	Windsor	1	K P Duncan
15:30	over Goslar Way.
13/09/09	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	F Try
15:15
05/09/09	Red Kite	Foliejon Park	3	S D Abbott
11:30	1 over fields by Wakers Farm - 2 more distant to the west with 4 Buzzards.
28/08/09	Red Kite	Jubilee River	1	D Lowther
13:00	Getting mobbed by crow near sewerage farm.
25/08/09	Red Kite	Englefield	6	R Crawford
11:30	The kites, buzzards and hirundines were all feeding over the recently-cut bean field opposite the gate.
22/08/09	Red Kite	Wigmoreash Pond, Inkpen Hill	3	S A Graham
09:30	In the general area along with one Buzzard.
21/08/09	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	F Try
10:00
18/08/09	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	3	K P Duncan
	flying over tractors when making hay.
14/08/09	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	F Try

09/08/09	Red Kite	Walbury Hill	1	S A Graham
09:50
08/08/09	Red Kite	Lea Farm Lake	6	F J Cottington
11:00
04/08/09	Red Kite	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	D Cleal
15:00	Large raptor seen from M4 gliding then hovering for a couple of seconds before disapearing below res wall. Overall impression of colour was mid brown, prob Red Kite. Key holders only.
30/07/09	Red Kite	Woolhampton	1	S A Graham
17:30	Soaring low over the rear of ther A4 Angel right in the middle of the vilage.
22/07/09	Red Kite	Windsor	1	K P Duncan
13:00	the regular, over West Windsor.
21/07/09	Red Kite	Donnington Castle	1	J Chivers
10:00
18/07/09	Red Kite	Jubilee River	1	F Try

18/07/09	Red Kite	Foliejon Park	2	S D Abbott
14:30	In fields north of Wakers Farm.
10/07/09	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	2	M Hunt
	Every day, most times of the day, can very often be seen on the ground top of the hill inside Rangers Gate.
10/07/09	Red Kite	Arborfield	1	L Thorn
09:25
08/07/09	Red Kite	Wash Water	1	D Smallridge
11:00	Being mobbed by Jackdaws.
07/07/09	Red Kite	Warren Row, Ascot	1	T Hemmett
13:35	in kentons lane upper culham came round bend and had to jam brakes on to avoid kite sitting in the middle of the lane on a dead rabbit it then flew to nearby telegraph pole and watched as i threw the rabbit over the hedge into a nearby field.
04/07/09	Red Kite	Langley, Slough	1	A Hewlett
10:15	Parlaunt Road area.
06/07/09	Red Kite	Old Windsor	1	M Hunt
08:15	Bottom of Crimp Hill very low.
06/07/09	Red Kite	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
11:00	Quite low over the estate being mobbed by local White Doves. Brilliant views!
05/07/09	Red Kite	Newell Green	1	M S Whitaker
10:45	Over; with Steve Abbott.
04/07/09	Red Kite	Eton Wick	1	K P Duncan
	over.
02/07/09	Red Kite	Caversham, Chiltern Road	2	R C Watts
11:20
29/06/09	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	2	M Hunt
08:30	On Dukes Ride.
28/06/09	Red Kite	Old Windsor	2	K P Duncan

27/06/09	Red Kite	Woodley	5	S C Smith
	5 or more all day.
26/06/09	Red Kite	Woodley	19	S C Smith
	in excess of 19 birds overhead at approx 5.45 pm. the most i have seen in woodley at any one time.
26/06/09	Red Kite	Lea Farm Lake	3	F J Cottington
13:30	Circling above and behind tractor cutting and threshing grass on far landfill area.
21/06/09	Red Kite	Woodley	5	J C Langridge
	Many seen all day flying low over garden.
21/06/09	Red Kite	Seven Barrows	1	S A Graham
09:45
20/06/09	Red Kite	Newbury	1	S A Graham
14:45	Circling low over the W. end of Queens Rd.
20/06/09	Red Kite	Langley, Slough	1	A Hewlett
08:00
19/06/09	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	6	M Hunt
12:25	Just inside Cranbourne Gate,down to 10 feet over newly mown field.
19/06/09	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	11	M Hunt
11:10	Just inside Cranbourne Gate,down to 10 feet over newly mown field.
19/06/09	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	6	M Hunt
09:30	Just inside Cranbourne Gate,down to 10 feet over newly mown field.
18/06/09	Red Kite	Furze Platt	6	T Firth
11:30
18/06/09	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	1	S D Abbott
13:00	Also numerous Yellowhammers, Linnets & Swifts.
16/06/09	Red Kite	Old Windsor	1	K P Duncan
11:00
16/06/09	Red Kite	Beedon	6	R Sharp
11:40	5 together and another one 400 yards on, seen in the air from A34 between Beedon and Chieveley. The largest group I have seen in West Berks.
14/06/09	Red Kite	Woodley	8	S C Smith
	another day of wall to wall kites , always some overhead, diving into the garden to take the crows food, and one calling bird perched in one of my conifers this morning.
07/06/09	Red Kite	Jubilee River	1	K Jones
14:00	flew over river in direction of Bray.
05/06/09	Red Kite	Woodley	5	P Doctor
16:50	Spotted initially circling Waitrose car park before dropping down to a real low level over a bungalow on Woodlands Ave... somebody is obviously feeding them.
04/06/09	Red Kite	Shurlock Row	1	R Alliss
10:00
02/06/09	Red Kite	Woodley	8	S C Smith
	5 to 8 birds all day.
01/06/09	Red Kite	Thatcham Station	1	T Balmer
08:35	Flying high above Station Road.
29/05/09	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	J Goodchild
10:30
28/05/09	Red Kite	Furze Platt	6	T Firth
12:30	Circling very high overhead.
26/05/09	Red Kite	Twyford	11	T Hemmett
10:30	usual spot in hurst road rooftop height at rear of loddon view oph.
23/05/09	Red Kite	Spencers Wood	6	G Brown
10:00	searching over recently cut silage field for tractor kill? Most seen at this site at one time.
24/05/09	Red Kite	Woose Hill	5	P Bright-Thomas
18:00	Different birds based on plumage and moult state.
24/05/09	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	3	S A Graham
12:00
23/05/09	Red Kite	Woodley	11	S C Smith
	all day, always birds to be seen.
22/05/09	Red Kite	Woodley	18	S C Smith
	18 overhead pos 21 , sadly local feeding going on.
20/05/09	Red Kite	Langley, Slough	1	A Hewlett
11:40	Circling low over Maplin Park.
20/05/09	Red Kite	Woodley	3	P Doctor
18:20	Flying really low over the bungalows near Woodley Town Centre.
20/05/09	Red Kite	Twyford	17	T Hemmett
12:00	all circling very low over houses in hurst rd this is the third time i have seen this gathering i think someone puts out food for them on the old gravelpit land at the back of the houses.
19/05/09	Red Kite	Woodley	6	J C Langridge
16:00	Fairwater Drive, circling together.
20/05/09	Red Kite	Woodley	1	J C Langridge
06:45	Campbell Road. The earliest in the day I have seen a Kite.
15/05/09	Red Kite	Woodley	11	S C Smith
	at one time overhead, local feeding going on i think.
14/05/09	Red Kite	Reading	10	D A MacKenzie Dodds
16:00	Yes, ok Watlington and Oxon have more than ten kites in thermals often, but never seen ten in one thermal over south Reading (west Berks) until this afternoon in the muggy weather we had today!
12/05/09	Red Kite	Bracknell	1	D East
09:45	\Flying low near roundabout at junction of Foresters Way and Bracknell Road.
09/05/09	Red Kite	Woodley	16	S C Smith
	wall to wall kites today, 16 at one time low overhead.
08/05/09	Red Kite	Winnersh	1	B McCartney
15:00	Circling very low over Sainsbury supermarket.
07/05/09	Red Kite	Lea Farm Lake	1	P Boult
12:00
05/05/09	Red Kite	Aston	5	A N Stow

05/05/09	Red Kite	Twyford	8	K Tubb
13:45	In a loose flock.
05/05/09	Red Kite	Snelsmore Common	1	J Chivers
09:30
04/05/09	Red Kite	Woodley	3	S C Smith
	all day today three or more kites overhead. eleven at one time yesterday.
03/05/09	Red Kite	Whitley, Reading	5	D J Mills
15:20	soaring just east of Madstad.
02/05/09	Red Kite	Wigmoreash Pond, Inkpen Hill	2	S A Graham
14:00
01/05/09	Red Kite	Reading	1	D Lowther
13:45	200m eastof Madjeski Stadium.
01/05/09	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	1	R Gompertz
12:00	Clearly see. 50 metres. Landed in tree, then flew North. SU920720.
30/04/09	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	K Tubb
13:00	Low over the river.
30/04/09	Red Kite	Twyford	6	K Tubb
12:45	Loosely together.
28/04/09	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	7	F J Cottington
13:20	High up.
25/04/09	Red Kite	Windsor	1	M Day
08:45	First time I've ever seen a red kite soaring down the long walk, being mobbed by two ring-necked parakeets.
24/04/09	Red Kite	Donnington Castle	1	J Chivers
10:00
23/04/09	Red Kite	Woodley	5	J C Langridge
16:30	Crockhamwell Road.
21/04/09	Red Kite	Aston	4	A N Stow
13:20
20/04/09	Red Kite	Downshire GC	1	D C Brown
09:37	Soaring over the golf course/Easthampstead Park grounds.
19/04/09	Red Kite	Ascot	1	S D Abbott
14:00	Over New Road - now seems to be a regular in the area.
18/04/09	Red Kite	Barkham	1	D Bowtell
	Nipped into garden to pick up a bit of old ham we'd just discarded.
14/04/09	Red Kite	Dinton Pastures CP	1	D J McCarthy
16:00	Soaring low over sandford lake.
14/04/09	Red Kite	Donnington Castle	1	J Chivers
10:45
13/04/09	Red Kite	Maidenhead	2	A Hewlett
12:00	Seen from Taplow car boot site.
11/04/09	Red Kite	Compton Downs	1	S A Graham
14:00
09/04/09	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	A Tribe
15:00
09/04/09	Red Kite	Burghfield	2	B J Darby
16:00	Daily event, grandson suitably impressed.
08/04/09	Red Kite	Woolhampton GPs	2	S A Graham
11:15
07/04/09	Red Kite	Snelsmore Common	1	J Chivers
09:30
06/04/09	Red Kite	Aston	9	A N Stow
13:00
06/04/09	Red Kite	Remenham	2	S A Graham
10:30
05/04/09	Red Kite	Burnt Hill	6	R Crawford
12:00
05/04/09	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	1	S A Graham
11:00
04/04/09	Red Kite	Ascot	1	S D Abbott
11:00	Low over Fernbank Road - furthest south I have seen one in this area.
04/04/09	Red Kite	Bradfield	3	R Angus
17:00
02/04/09	Red Kite	Whitley, Reading	1	T Hemmett
15:00	briefly landed in someones front garden in longbarn lane. Also a large owl was reported being seen going into lousehill copse,tilehurst at 7am weds, brown in colour wingspan similar to red kites with large owl type face has anyone heard of an escaped eagle owl or similar??
01/04/09	Red Kite	Cippenham, Slough	2	J M Palmer
13:30	low over houses, lingering.
01/04/09	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	C Robson
12:30
31/03/09	Red Kite	Caversham, Chiltern Road	2	R C Watts
13:25	With Buzzards.
30/03/09	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	F J Cottington
13:35
29/03/09	Red Kite	Streatley	8	R Reedman
17:15	Between Blewbury and Streatley.
29/03/09	Red Kite	Woodley	4	J C Langridge
12:30	2 displaying.
26/03/09	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Angus

25/03/09	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	J Beever
12:00
21/03/09	Red Kite	Walbury Hill	2	S A Graham
15:30
21/03/09	Red Kite	Southcote, Reading	1	P Doctor
14:45	At shops off southcote lane, searching pub car park at lowish level.
21/03/09	Red Kite	Pangbourne	1	P Doctor
12:05
18/03/09	Red Kite	Shaw, Newbury	1	J Chivers
11:00
16/03/09	Red Kite	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	B M Archer
13:00	Perched on the Reserve fence eating a frog before flying off, upsetting a local Buzzard.
15/03/09	Red Kite	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
	1-2 daily at this site.
14/03/09	Red Kite	Woodley	6	J C Langridge
14:15	Circling over Kingfisher Drive and Fairwater Drive.
15/03/09	Red Kite	Walbury Hill	2	S A Graham
10:30
15/03/09	Red Kite	Combe	1	S A Graham
10:30	Five butterflies of 3 Sp. seen in the general area.
11/03/09	Red Kite	Halfway	2	R R Capewell
15:00	over A4 between Newbury and Hungerford.
11/03/09	Red Kite	Woodley	3	S C Smith
	taking the crows food .
10/03/09	Red Kite	Thatcham	1	R R Capewell
12:45	over cricket pitch.
07/03/09	Red Kite	Fobney Meadow	3	J C Langridge
14:50
08/03/09	Red Kite	Woodley	2	S C Smith
	swooping down into the garden.
08/03/09	Red Kite	Reading	1	E Cooper
13:00	Cental Reading, 2nd sighting in a week. Beautiful and magestic bird of prey.
08/03/09	Red Kite	Padworth Lane GP	2	R J Godden
07:15
07/03/09	Red Kite	Woodley	3	S C Smith

04/03/09	Red Kite	Bury Down	3	P J Crowley
11:30	3 at least.
04/03/09	Red Kite	Woodley	3	S C Smith
	taking the crows food.
03/03/09	Red Kite	Woodley	3	S C Smith

28/02/09	Red Kite	Pangbourne	1	P Doctor
11:57	Soaring from station to meadows.
02/03/09	Red Kite	Sulham Wood, Sulham	2	T Hemmett
16:15	gliding low over woods.
02/03/09	Red Kite	Woodley	3	S C Smith

02/03/09	Red Kite	Reading	6	K Spring
12:30	Park Lane School.
01/03/09	Red Kite	Woodley	2	S C Smith
	stealing the crows food.
28/02/09	Red Kite	Woolhampton GPs	6	K E Moore
11:30	together , over the ridge to the North of Rowney Predator Lake.
28/02/09	Red Kite	Shaw, Newbury	1	J Chivers
14:00
26/02/09	Red Kite	Tilehurst	7	W Brown
12:00	7 birds soaring over armour rd tilehurst.
26/02/09	Red Kite	Thames Valley Business Park	1	J Crouch
13:30
25/02/09	Red Kite	Woodley	3	S C Smith
	swooping down to inspect crows food on the lawn.
24/02/09	Red Kite	Woodley	1	S C Smith
	taking food put out for seagulls.
21/02/09	Red Kite	Purley on Thames, Reading	9	M J Smith
10:00	9 kites interacting in loose spiral over Purley church for 10 mins or so before breaking up and pairs drifting off in different directions.
22/02/09	Red Kite	Woodley	5	J C Langridge
13:35	Crockhamwell Road.
13/02/09	Red Kite	Slough	1	T Plenty
	Over The Berryfields, Wexham, Slough.
22/02/09	Red Kite	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	B J Hollands
09:00
21/02/09	Red Kite	Walbury Hill	3	S A Graham
14:00
21/02/09	Red Kite	Woodley	5	S C Smith
	many more than five, every time you look up there are kites to be seen today.
20/02/09	Red Kite	Woodley	3	S C Smith