About 09:45 this morning.

Anyone see that Red Tailed Kite flying over the town centre, being mocked by a couple of Crows?

 

No but I hope it becomes a more regular occurance. They're strange birds, really common in some areas of the country and totally absent from others - rarely an in-between.

 

I love to see them but there’s not many here, east of York. When I lived in Princes Risborough though they flew mob-handed over the town. A dozen and more was not uncommon

 

Crows should grow up and realise it’s not nice to mock.

 

Last summer I went up onto the Langsett moors and camped out wild. I took some cooked chicken drumsticks (and a couple of vats of red wine) for my evening meal. After pitching I settled down to eat. Soon a red kite started circling round. It got braver and started swooping, obviously keen on my drumsticks. I had great fun chucking bits of chicken in the air, the kite managed to snatch some in mid air, the rest on the ground. A great experience.

 

Down here (vale of glamorgan) there quite a good many of them, I see them regularly they
are fantastic to see

 

See loads round here (outskirts of Harrogate/Ripon), a few owls too. Had an owl really low flying (about 2m off ground) just 5m in front of me for a good 100m when I was out running during last week.

 

Silly bugger

 

There's one plus some buzzards at Rabbit Ings quite often, maybe same one

 

They seem to outnumber crows round here, loads of them, so it's the Kites that do the mocking.

 

Crows bully Red Kites as they compete for the same food, carion. I often see kites defending themselves from crows in the sky above Didcot.

 

Black Crows verses Red Kites, sounds like an American Sporting fixture

 

Strange that from top side of Leeds to just south of Sheffield is virtually free of Kites but they seem to be moving in to this area now..lvly to watch

 

I've seen them in Leeds quite often - very low overhead in Crossgates and Adel.

 

See loads out and about, hundreds near Harewood house and then out Tadcaster way,just seen a couple between Chesterfield and Sheffield ( A61 top of Dronfield).

 

Same here, we regularly have them circling over the garden, feel proper spoilt!

 

Loads of them in Harrogate. I often see more than 20 at a time. If we have chicken for Sunday dinner I put the carcass on the shed roof and they swoop down for it. They also sit in the trees on within the back gardens on our street calling each other. Beautiful creatures.