Day 173 - June 22nd

This year we have seen different birds flying over the garden.

There have been Red Kites at the nearby Pegsdon Hills Nature Reserve for some years but never before have we seen any flying over our house but over the last months or so we've seen them almost daily. On one occasion there were three birds circling around on the thermals.

This morning Wayne called me to look out of the window and there was a huge Red Kite circling over head and then swooping down into the trees in a neighbouring garden. At one stage the Kite seemed to be chased away by a crow but it kept returning.

Today it was so close and so clear to see but as usual the camera hasn't done it justice and the photos aren't very good but you can just make out the distrinctive markings and forked tail.