Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Red Kite in Bounds Green
This afternoon my partner heard some crows mobbing a bird and expected to see a heron flying over our garden but it was a Red Kite! He managed to get one quick shot:
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Fantastic. Here's hopping for a breeding pair.
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Permalink Reply by Mary Hogan on
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Wonderful photo, the shape and colours so clear. We ll watch out for him and so will the ever vigilant crows of Harringay
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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Wow!
I wonder if it was a red kite, maybe even this one, that killed & picked clean this pigeon in the photo (early last Thursday) here in Harringay. Before I found this I did see (but mainly hear) a bird I didn't recognize early that same morning. I wondered if it had been a kestrel but now I'm going with red kite!
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Looks like whatever the hawk didn't eat, the foxes finished off Matt!
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Permalink Reply by Stephen Middleton on
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Great news, when kites first moved into an area near my parents, the crows gave them no peace, but after a year or two they were left in peace except when the crows had youngsters. They seemed to learn that the kites are not a threat and normally only feed on carrion.
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Permalink Reply by Mark Smith on
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They reached Oxford a while back after they were re-introduced in the Chilterns over 20 years ago, but I don't think I've ever seen them east of the M25. Of course they used to be so common in London that they were treated as vermin and had a bounty on their heads, so it would be great to have them back here breeding again.
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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They were all over high Wycombe a few years ago, properly set in, so maybe north london should be due some red kite action soon.
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