Andrew Marshall Wildlife Photography
Red Kite (Milvus milvus): back in the 1970s when I was a school boy fascinated by birds of prey the thought of ever seeing a red kite was a remote almost impossibility : resricted in the Uk to a few pairs in remote areas of Wales this bird has since been succesfully reintroduced to the Uk and is now a common site in the Chilterns. The Welsh stronghold has also built up its population and the feeding station at Giggrin is a guaranteed place to see these dramatic raptors in spectacular aerial displays. Latest images (2018) from a day out in the Chilterns.
Red Kite watching_
The turn!
I love the amazing 90 degree turn a kite can pull off mid air!
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Kite with lapwing chick
Incoming Red Kite
About to make the pick up !
Red Kite perched in tree
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Back to black
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Sky full of Kites
Flying in.
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Dropping in for tea