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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2016 and 31/12/2016.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
21/12/16	Red Kite	Earley	1	C G Bass
13:00	In hot pursuit of Black-headed Gull about 10 feet above the road. SU743714.
21/12/16	Red Kite	Maidenhead	1	S M Meads
08:15	Flew very low over garden.
14/12/16	Red Kite	Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead	11	S M Meads
14:30
13/12/16	Red Kite	Moor Copse	3	S A Graham
12:00
09/12/16	Red Kite	Thatcham	8	G Stewart
11:00	Circling around East end of Lower Way at intersection with The Moors road.
07/12/16	Red Kite	Thatcham	10	G Stewart
14:10	Two groups of 4 & 6 circling over Lower Way -East end at intersection of Lower Way/The Moors Road.
02/12/16	Red Kite	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	M J Smith
	Drinking from cattle trough on Field Farm, first time I've seen this behaviour in Kites.
28/11/16	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
10:45	Western end of the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
21/11/16	Red Kite	Cookham Rise	10	B D Clews
14:45	circling neighbour's garden.
21/11/16	Red Kite	Braywick Nature Centre, Maidenhead	11	B D Clews
14:00	sitting in tree on adjacent A308. Slightly unusual mid-afternoon behaviour.
16/11/16	Red Kite	UK Wolf Trust	9	J Lerpiniere
	SU5869.
07/11/16	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
11:20	Western end of the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
25/10/16	Red Kite	Cookham Rise	6	B D Clews
09:30	together. The days of 50 or so regularly over the Cookhams are long gone. (highest count ever was 86 together!) Artificial feeding sites have reduced in number and there are probably about 6 pairs now, which is much more sustainable.
17/10/16	Red Kite	Widbrook Common	1	B D Clews
15:30	caught dragonfly on the wing.
17/10/16	Red Kite	Summerleaze GP	8	B D Clews
14:30	soaring overhead.
17/10/16	Red Kite	Strand Water, Cookham	1	B D Clews
14:00
02/10/16	Red Kite	Whistley Green	8	M Hunt
14:00
30/09/16	Red Kite	Whistley Green	9	M Hunt
09:45
29/09/16	Red Kite	Queen Mother Reservoir	4	L G Evans
	Key holders only.
28/09/16	Red Kite	Englefield	14	R Crawford
11:00	Following the plough.
28/09/16	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	4	M Hunt
10:30	East Fen. Seen with GD. Please only view from the public footpath.
21/09/16	Red Kite	Caversham, Chiltern Road	2	R C Watts
12:15	Chasing each other.
20/09/16	Red Kite	Greenham Common	2	M Hunt
14:00	Please keep to the main paths.
14/09/16	Red Kite	Inkpen & Walbury Hills	1	W Brown
11:40
14/09/16	Red Kite	Greenham Common	1	S Larkins
10:00	Great views with low passes overhead. Please keep to the main paths.
11/09/16	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	G J King
12:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
09/09/16	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
11:15	Over the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
08/09/16	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	3	M Hunt
	Please only view from the public footpath.
04/09/16	Red Kite	Fleethill Farm	2	J M Clark
11:30	Private site, view only from footpath.
29/08/16	Red Kite	Cookham Dean Common	2	B D Clews
17:00	ad passing food to juv.
29/08/16	Red Kite	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	G Turner
13:30	1 adult hanging around 1 juv in middle oak calling continuously for about 3 hours!!
29/08/16	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
10:50	Honey Field. Please only view from the public footpath.
28/08/16	Red Kite	Walbury Hill	5	S A Graham
07:30
07/08/16	Red Kite	Compton Downs	27	N J Bucknell
15:15	on fields being cultivated with LBB & Herring Gulls.
19/07/16	Red Kite	A329(M)	3	R Dryden
	Between Reading and the M4. SU815703.
11/07/16	Red Kite	Tilehurst	12	J Lerpiniere
	In view around house. SU6674.
08/07/16	Red Kite	Tilehurst	17	R Crawford
19:45	Over the garden.
05/07/16	Red Kite	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	10	G Stewart
17:00	Just to the north of the centre.
11/06/16	Red Kite	Tilehurst	26	G Sumner
17:40	Circling over Overdown Rd.
25/06/16	Red Kite	Streatley	3	N J Bucknell
16:45	pair & 1 juv. in nest alongside Cleeve Court Drive.
22/06/16	Red Kite	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	3	P E Hutchins
	Singletons noted at 19:00, 19:44 and 20:57.
18/06/16	Red Kite	Thatcham	7	G Stewart
15:35	Circling over town centre.
11/06/16	Red Kite	Tilehurst	26	G Sumner
17:40	Circling over Overdown Rd.
26/05/16	Red Kite	Reading	9	S A Graham
16:50	Medway Precinct: over wooded hills to the N.
26/05/16	Red Kite	Reading	8	S A Graham
16:50	Bennette Road: mobbing the council depot, must have found something nice in the refuse skips.
24/05/16	Red Kite	Barkham	2	G Turner
20:00	On ploughed field.
14/05/16	Red Kite	Touchen-end	50	D A MacKenzie Dodds
16:00	Big field ploughed today. c.50 red kites all sitting on the ground hunting for worms etc. Very visible against the dark, good soil. SU821780.
07/05/16	Red Kite	Tilehurst	15	J Lerpiniere
	In view over houses. SU678731.
05/05/16	Red Kite	Strand Water, Cookham	1	B D Clews
21:00	perched on horses water trough but I did not see it drinking. Presumed to be one of nearby breeding pair as all others had long since gone to roosts which are some distance away.
03/05/16	Red Kite	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	2	G Stewart
17:00
03/05/16	Red Kite	Hurst	64	E Napper
15:30	All feeding on the ground in a recently ploughed and rolled field opposite Wheatlands in Lines Road. I had to count them twice.
29/04/16	Red Kite	Whistley Green	3	R C Watts
11:05
23/04/16	Red Kite	Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead	18	S M Meads
14:15	All flying around together.
13/04/16	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:10	Western end of the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
12/04/16	Red Kite	Cookham Rise	11	B D Clews
14:30	together over recreation ground.
10/04/16	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	10	M Hunt
11:30
04/04/16	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	2	J M Clark
19:00	circling over Colebrook N.
03/04/16	Red Kite	Lea Farm Lake	32	F J Cottington
16:30	Looking from bottom of car park with the scope, this was the minimum from airspace over Twyford to over Woodley.
30/03/16	Red Kite	Cookham, Long Lane	12	B D Clews
12:30	all together, highest number this month.
30/03/16	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	3	R F Milligan
09:15	Northern edge of CLN.
24/03/16	Red Kite	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	3	M Hunt
10:30
21/03/16	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	6	R F Milligan
10:15	Stacked in a column over Dell Field. Please only view from the public footpath.
21/03/16	Red Kite	Peacock Meadows, Bracknell	3	M Hunt
08:20
18/03/16	Red Kite	Winter Hill, Cookham Dean	1	B D Clews
11:30	tail-less individual seen for second week running.
18/03/16	Red Kite	Cookham Dean	2	B D Clews
11:30	Very noisy pair collecting sticks from paddock.
17/03/16	Red Kite	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	M Hunt
14:00
17/03/16	Red Kite	Maidenhead Thicket	25	G R Farrell
	Over gardens in Highway Avenue.
14/03/16	Red Kite	Cock Marsh	3	J Stannard
07:30
13/03/16	Red Kite	Purley on Thames, Reading	43	N J Bucknell
15:15	"kettle" of birds drifting south over the river from Mapledurham where they had apparently being following the plough.
11/03/16	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	M Hunt
12:40	Please only view from the public footpath.
09/03/16	Red Kite	Reading	2	S Scott
12:15	Displaying over the prison until chased off by a crow.
07/03/16	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	3	R F Milligan
09:30	1 at CLN and 2 later at 11:45 at Dell Field.
28/02/16	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	3	P E Hutchins
	Two north to the east of Horseshoe Lake, one lingering to the north of New Workings.
27/02/16	Red Kite	Reading	5	S A Graham
12:30	Lundy lane: Min. working the area.
26/02/16	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
13:41	Circling CLN, much to the disgust of the Lapwings.
22/02/16	Red Kite	Aston	37	A N Stow
	Circling Ferry Lane.
22/02/16	Red Kite	Peacock Meadows, Bracknell	2	M Hunt

21/02/16	Red Kite	Ascot	3	S D Abbott
15:00	Resident single over Mill Ride Golf Course and a possible new pair on edge of Ascot Heath.
10/02/16	Red Kite	Combe Gibbet	6	R Keel
11:00	Being chased by Raven.
10/02/16	Red Kite	Cookham Rise	12	B D Clews
11:00	attracted to something put out at field edge.
09/02/16	Red Kite	Knowl Hill		R C Watts

05/02/16	Red Kite	Bury Down	2	L G Evans

28/01/16	Red Kite	Jouldings Farm, Farley Hill	15	J M Clark
16:15	at least, probably in excess of 25, gathering to roost in copse at grid ref given. Viewed from Well House Lane SU751633 in Hants but a more accurate count might be possible from Jouldings Lane. SU751636.
16/01/16	Red Kite	Moor Green Lakes	1	P Bryant
10:30	Over fields behind Grove Lake [Guildford RSPB].
12/01/16	Red Kite	Cookham Rise	13	B D Clews
11:00	together over Copas Farm.
10/01/16	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	16	M S Whitaker
15:45	All circling together over Snow Hill.
04/01/16	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	4	R F Milligan
10:55	Northern side of the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.