A few days ago my husband called me out to the garden to show me two Red kites in the top of the tree behind our garden. We see them overhead every day but have never seen them perched in any of the trees surrounding our garden before.
I went back inside to grab my camera but when I returned one of them had flown already. My camera isn’t very sophisticated and even with the zoom the photos are still very distant but I did think it gives a bit of an idea of their size. Any other bird as high up in this tree wouldn’t show up at all in a photo from my camera.
Red kite in the tree top
And again
I walked further up the garden for the second shot to try to get a bit closer. We watched it for a few minutes before it lazily soared away. They are such magnificent birds.
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I just love watching them . They glide of course just like kites flying.
As you know we have a fair few up at my allotments and in the woods behind my house and they have now tagged a few at the allotments. I love the noise they make as it is quite a high note considering they are such a large bird. Luckily they only eat dead meat so my chickens hopefully are safe.
They are amazing to watch. We do get quite close up views of them over the garden. They do sound quite eerie I think. My girls have their run covered so are safe.