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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2022 and 31/12/2022.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
30/11/22	Red Kite	Lower Henwick Farm	12	M Stuttard
10:20	All more or less in the same tree!
24/11/22	Red Kite	Fobney Meadow	8	R C Price
12:00	1 flew very low over marsh and put up quite a few ducks.
10/11/22	Red Kite	Baughurst	5	K G White
11:30	circling low over rooftops and gardens, mobbing a Buzzard doing the same. I think someone is feeding them in their garden. SU580623.
03/11/22	Red Kite	Strand Water, Cookham	6	B D Clews
10:00	on the ground in paddocks.
11/05/22	Red Kite	Littlewick Green	70	B D Clews
12:00	at least this number video'd in a kettle, presumably above field work, by Sharon Green.
27/09/22	Red Kite	Crookham Pools, Crookham Common	1	M Stuttard
11:30
27/09/22	Red Kite	Newbury BT Exchange	2	K G White
07:24	foraging over roads gardens and police station next to BT. SU473669.
20/09/22	Red Kite	Sonning Meadows	2	R C Watts
11:30
18/09/22	Red Kite	Newbury BT Exchange	2	K G White
07:30	foraging over gardens and Winchcombe school grounds. SU472670.
17/09/22	Red Kite	Greenham Common	2	R C Watts
12:15	SU510646. Please keep to the main paths.
27/08/22	Red Kite	Lea Farm Lake	1	J E Warren
21:37	SU782734.
27/08/22	Red Kite	Thames Valley Business Park	20	S Hughes
11:30	Following tractor mowing the meadow.
21/08/22	Red Kite	Greenham Common	2	I Quelch
10:00	NDOC walk. Please keep to the main paths.
29/07/22	Red Kite	Finchampstead	12	G Randall
12:20	SU794649.
27/07/22	Red Kite	Compton Downs	2	R C Watts
10:25	SU507820.
15/07/22	Red Kite	Churn Farm (Oxon)	56	N J Bucknell
11:40	circling over field west of old railway line from which an oilseed rape crop has recently been cut.
14/07/22	Red Kite	Reading	4	S A Graham
20:06	Wilson Road Primary School paying field: at least 4 bird swooping down and even landing on the parched grass.
06/07/22	Red Kite	Upper Bucklebury	1	B Lyle
17:39	kite chasing a young duck low across the garden. Definitely trying to catch it.
22/06/22	Red Kite	Tilehurst	25	G Sumner
13:14	Coming to food in neighbours garden in Fairford Rd .
21/06/22	Red Kite	Windsor Great Park	1	M Milne
16:44	Flying high overhead.
20/06/22	Red Kite	Newbury BT Exchange	2	K G White
05:56	Foraging over gardens. Tiercel B69 intercepted one of them for getting too close to BT. SU474669.
19/06/22	Red Kite	Bracknell	24	D A MacKenzie Dodds
12:03	All using a thermal together over a feed (one presumes). Not seen that many together this side of the Watlington area before.
17/06/22	Red Kite	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	25	G Stewart
17:15	Seen circling over Thatcham.
30/05/22	Red Kite	Newbury BT Exchange	5	K G White
07:23	Foraging around town centre but steering clear of BT Exchange by a wide margin . SU474669.
27/05/22	Red Kite	Cookham Rise	30	B D Clews
11:15	coming down into small Broomhill garden where food presumably has been put out. Generally there are only about 6 prs in the immediate vicinity so the others must have come from the surrounding area.
26/05/22	Red Kite	Shurlock Row	1	R Alliss
11:12	Swooped into the garden to take bread brought in by a Rook.
11/05/22	Red Kite	Ashmore Green	2	M Stuttard
20:00
08/05/22	Red Kite	Aston	2	A N Stow
18:45
08/05/22	Red Kite	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	1	K G White
06:35	Flying around south east corner. SU568659.
05/05/22	Red Kite	Freeman's Marsh	1	M Stuttard
15:30	Being hassled by Carrion Crow.
23/04/22	Red Kite	Wraysbury GPs	1	S Neal
08:04
22/04/22	Red Kite	Greenham Common	1	M Stuttard
10:45	Standing in pool. Please keep to the main paths.
18/04/22	Red Kite	Newbury BT Exchange	1	K G White
06:30	high fly over BT, it did veer away as it approached and again Mrs N didn't seem concerned. SU473669.
17/04/22	Red Kite	Goring	7	R C Watts
11:10	SU579817.
12/04/22	Red Kite	Ashmore Green	2	M Stuttard
14:00	Soaring over fields.
12/04/22	Red Kite	Ashmore Green	2	M Stuttard
14:00	pr. Sitting on nest with mate on guard duty seeing off crows.
02/04/22	Red Kite	Roden Downs	19	N J Bucknell
15:35	following tractor & cultivator on field, & circling above.
31/03/22	Red Kite	Freeman's Marsh	2	M Stuttard
16:53
27/03/22	Red Kite	Hampstead Norreys	4	M Stuttard
15:10
26/03/22	Red Kite	Bracknell	6	D A MacKenzie Dodds
15:42	All soaring and thermalling together in pretty tight formation.
22/03/22	Red Kite	Binfield	1	D A MacKenzie Dodds
13:40	Took what appeared to be a feral pigeon from a neighbours roof this afternoon. Photo in gallery.
20/03/22	Red Kite	Freeman's Marsh	2	M Stuttard
14:30
18/03/22	Red Kite	Battlemead Common	3	B D Clews
14:00
15/03/22	Red Kite	Newbury BT Exchange	2	K G White
09:55	Foraging around gardens and roads, steering clear of BT. SU474669.
14/03/22	Red Kite	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:15	Flew in and landed at the diggings behind a mound of earth and out of sight. Please only view from the public footpath.
14/03/22	Red Kite	Tilehurst	24	G Sumner
13:25	Circling in Overdown Rd area . Also 1 Buzzard. SU660746.
12/03/22	Red Kite	Newbury BT Exchange	1	K G White
06:55	Foraging over railway station. SU474669.
10/03/22	Red Kite	Ashmore Green	2	M Stuttard
15:30	SU486689.
06/03/22	Red Kite	Ashmore Green	6	M Stuttard
15:00	SU490690.
05/03/22	Red Kite	Little John's Farm	12	S A Graham
14:45	Min. soaring to the SW over Norcot Junction.
03/03/22	Red Kite	Cliveden	3	R C Watts
12:00	SU909852.
03/03/22	Red Kite	Wraysbury	1	S Neal
12:58
03/03/22	Red Kite	Wraysbury Scrub	1	S Neal
08:36
28/02/22	Red Kite	Newbury Racecourse	15	D Edwards
11:00	Flying over Racecourse near grandstands and venturing to ground in the open paved area where there appeared to be something worth eating (several crows were also interested). Some kites made a grab while on the wing, one landed and seemed to find something worthwhile!
26/02/22	Red Kite	Streatley	3	R C Watts
11:30	SU593810.
26/02/22	Red Kite	Newbury BT Exchange	1	K G White
07:05	Foraging over Wharf & Victoria Park. SU474669.
25/02/22	Red Kite	Greenham	1	M Stuttard
10:45
22/02/22	Red Kite	Hampstead Norreys	19	B Lyle
11:30	just circling above the Pang on the village edge.
23/02/22	Red Kite	Park Farm, Cookham Dean	6	B D Clews
14:30
16/02/22	Red Kite	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:16	Gliding effortlessly in very strong winds - compared with Red Admiral Butterfly that was struggling to fly along garden hedge line in & out of twigs - very bright white markings = newly hatched ?
16/02/22	Red Kite	Bracknell	3	K G White
09:20	circling in sky in the strong wind near Wykery Copse. SU849685.
12/02/22	Red Kite	Newbury BT Exchange	4	K G White
07:05	Foraging over town centre streets and gardens. SU474669.
03/02/22	Red Kite	Wokingham	1	R C Watts
12:15	SU809673.
03/02/22	Red Kite	Lower Farm GP	12	B Lyle
11:00
30/01/22	Red Kite	South Lake, South Hill Park, Bracknell	1	J E Warren
	Big Garden Birdwatch count. SU870665.
30/01/22	Red Kite	Newbury BT Exchange	1	K G White
08:00	foraging over town centre gardens & car parks. SU474669.
23/01/22	Red Kite	Newbury BT Exchange	2	K G White
08:20	Foraging over Wharf and Kings Rd gardens. SU473669.
16/01/22	Red Kite	Hythe Pit, Wraysbury GPs	1	S Neal
08:56
14/01/22	Red Kite	Tilehurst	30	R Crawford
08:05	At least 30 at junction of Meadway & Honey End Lane.
08/01/22	Red Kite	Wokingham	1	S Stevenson
09:15	Over Cockpit Car Park. Along with the previous two sightings, my third bird of prey in Wokingham town centre in 10 minutes! SU811685.
07/01/22	Red Kite	Tilehurst	32	R Crawford
08:10	Kettling at junction of Meadway and Honey End Lane (breakfast being served??).
03/01/22	Red Kite	Goring	7	R C Watts
12:40
01/01/22	Red Kite	North Lake, South Hill Park, Bracknell	1	J E Warren
	SU869670.
01/01/22	Red Kite	Newbury BT Exchange	3	K G White
08:19	2 just flown over BT unchallenged, another over the town centre. SU474669.