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Old 18-05-2008, 06:46 PM
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Kite? Or am I being hopeful?

This morning, I was at the end of Lydford Forest track when I saw a bird of prey overhead. At first I wrote it off as a buzzard but then I noticed the forked tail. Its head was quite pale and it had a symmetrical patch of white on each wing. The body was reddish, and it was maybe a bit bigger than a buzzard, but circled in the same manner. I live in West Devon, and this was in a rural area near a road with pine forest, a bit of deciduous and fields nearby. So is this just an odd buzzard, or have red kites moved in?
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