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Red Kites near Penlan Farm, Wales

30th March 2016 Armin Grewe 5 Comments

During my Easter visit to Wales Andy didn’t only take me to Llangrannog on Sunday, he also took me to a spot where lots (and I mean lots) of Red Kites come together. I’d estimate we saw about 20-30 Red Kites in about 20 minutes. I took quite a few pictures, in particular of one which seemed to have caught something only to then drop it. We’re not entirely sure, but we think it was carrying something that looked like a mouse or similar small animal in its talons. Then suddenly it was gone and the Red Kite seemed to react surprised and confused.

Picture of a Red Kite with a mouse — 1: Red Kite carrying a mouse or similar

Picture of a Red Kite carrying a small animal — 2: Red Kite still carrying a mouse or similar

Picture of a Red Kite looking alarmed — 3: Red Kite looking alarmed

Picture of a Red Kite looking at its talons — 4: Red Kite looking what is going on

Picture of a Red Kite with its talons down — 5: Red Kite flying on with empty talons

Picture of a Red Kite looking down at its talons — 6: Red Kite having another look at empty talons

Picture of a Red Kite from below — Bonus picture: A beautiful Red Kite

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The location where we watched the Red Kites was an unclassified road off the B4337 at Penlan Farm, just north of Trefilan.

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A few local birds from this weekend

13th March 2016 Armin Grewe 4 Comments

This weekend I visited two local nature reserves, on Saturday I visited Decoy Heath, on Sunday I visited Padworth Common. While I didn’t spot any rare birds there were a few common local birds around. Here are a few of the pictures I took:

Picture of a Long-tailed Tit in a tree in the mild evening light — A Long-tailed Tit in a tree in the mild evening light

Picture of a Robin singing in the evening light — A Robin singing an evening song

Picture of a Red Kite in the afternoon sun — A Red Kite in the afternoon sun

Picture of a Buzzard in flight — A Buzzard in flight

Picture of a Buzzard in flight, head turned — A Buzzard in flight, head turned

Picture of a Pheasant on a path in the mild afternoon sun — A Pheasant on a path in the mild afternoon sun

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Brimpton Airfield Fly In 7 June 2015

23rd August 2015 Armin Grewe Leave a comment

The Fly In at Brimpton Airfield is an annual event, during my second visit to it I took these pictures from a variety of planes, both full sized and model: