> > >I guess I have to drop by Watlington Hill then. How far is > it from the > >Thames? I need to do the next bit of my Thames walk soon, so > perhaps I can > >make a detour, and I hope we'll also be able to catch up. > > The kites were reintroduced to the area about 10 years ago - I was > fortunate enough to do some filming when the RSPB introduced some > breeding pairs, and filmed one of the nests with young in it. > Fantastic > stuff. Now, they are readily seen anywhere in the Chilterns, > from sw of > Luton, down to ne of Reading, over towards Wallingford, back up around > Aylesbury. If you walk through Henley, you'll see some. They > do tend to > sail around towns, looking for scraps and detritus. Lovely site. I've > seen crows doing battle with singleton kites, chasing them off for > nuisance value. They soar very low, easily down to 20 or 30 > feet and are > quite a spectacle. > > HTH
I shall bring my binos. The equivalent sight over here is seagulls mobbing herons, while the you-know-whats skulk in the shadows like gravediggers. Just trying to find the right weekend for my walk. It's quite difficult to find anything before mid-May. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
