For only the third time, I saw a Red Kite from my flat this morning, a single bird flying over at 8:55 a.m. heading north away of my St. Nicholas Church local patch site.
My first record from my flat was on 2nd February 2024 with the second record as recently as 2nd October 2026.
I have also seen single birds over my St. Nicholas Church local patch site on 26th August 2025 and 2nd April 2026.
When I first started birding as a young person, the Red Kite was an extremely rare species confined to just a few remote areas in mid-Wales. Due to re-introduction schemes and natural range expansion with the increasing population, it is now very easy to see Red Kites in various parts of the country and it has been on my Essex list for some years (usually spotted from the M25 or M11!).
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