My 1st Red Kite?

[Cordaline]

I'm pretty certain I've just seen my 1st Red Kite over the garden!

It most definitely had a forked tail, it's wings were finger like at the tip & it glided very gracefully, not too high up.
I couldn't see the colour underneath as it was sihouetted against the sky.
I'll have another look for it when I go out later as it has gone for now.
Wouldn't that be a thing if it is!

Adding a Red Kite to my garden list would be great!

[NicolaB]

It sounds like one to me, that forked tail is pretty diagnostic. They're becoming increasingly common in Berkshire too

[John B (NTS)]

Yep, the forked tail is a dead give away normally. You can see them from the train anywhere between Didcot and Reading these days. I never get tired of seeing them.

[Jason Claxton]

Yes ,the forked tail points to a Kite,but also be cautious of Buzzards with missings tail feathers.But it does sound like a Kite,Cordaline,I seem to be seeing more and more.

Cheers Jason.

[Amarillo]

To be honest I'm not quite sure how you have not managed to see one before....

So really, no it wouldn't be a thing! - it would be entirely expected! I don't know Bracknell, but I was recently at a friends house near henley (not that far from you) and there were up to 12 over the garden at any one time.

[Cordaline]

Originally Posted by Amarillo

To be honest I'm not quite sure how you have not managed to see one before....

So really, no it wouldn't be a thing! - it would be entirely expected! I don't know Bracknell, but I was recently at a friends house near henley (not that far from you) and there were up to 12 over the garden at any one time.

Oooh hark at you with that tone Armadillo, coz that's what you must be, tough skinned/shelled, or else you wouldn't go about commenting on peoples post's with such attitude! (Yes, i've read a few of your others.)

I've seen 'plenty' of Red Kites over the years, more commonly along the M40 corridor.

It would not be entirely expected here in Bracknell & if you don't know it, as you say you don't, I strongly suggest you don't pass comment on surroundings you know NOTHING about!

How nice for your friends in Henley, which, incidentally, 'is' far enough away from Bracknell to make a difference as to whether they venture in this direction!
Infact, it is closer to the M40 than it is to here, therefore, closer to the Red Kite's more common stomping ground!

By keeping your sarkey comments to yourself in the future, you'll get on alot better on this very friendly website!

[Amarillo]

Originally Posted by Cordaline

Oooh hark at you with that tone Armadillo, coz that's what you must be, tough skinned/shelled, or else you wouldn't go about commenting on peoples post's with such attitude! (Yes, i've read a few of your others.)

I've seen 'plenty' of Red Kites over the years, more commonly along the M40 corridor.

It would not be entirely expected here in Bracknell & if you don't know it, as you say you don't, I strongly suggest you don't pass comment on surroundings you know NOTHING about!

How nice for your friends in Henley, which, incidentally, 'is' far enough away from Bracknell to make a difference as to whether they venture in this direction!
Infact, it is closer to the M40 than it is to here, therefore, closer to the Red Kite's more common stomping ground!

By keeping your sarkey comments to yourself in the future, you'll get on alot better on this very friendly website!

I apologise if it came across that way. It was certainly not my intention whatsoever to be unfriendly or sarkey

[TinyTiggy]

Cordaline, I'm not surprised that you've seen a Red Kite in Bracknell. I'm in Wokingham, not very far from you at all, and see them flying over my garden all the time!

[Cordaline]

Originally Posted by Amarillo

I apologise if it came across that way. It was certainly not my intention whatsoever to be unfriendly or sarkey

Apology accepted Amarillo, thankyou.

[Cordaline]

Originally Posted by TinyTiggy

Cordaline, I'm not surprised that you've seen a Red Kite in Bracknell. I'm in Wokingham, not very far from you at all, and see them flying over my garden all the time!

They may have been here awhile but it was the first time I'd actually 'seen' one over my garden.
Hence my excited thread. There's a first time for everyone!