Chiltern Kites

[Duck_Pond]

Was down in Oxfordshire on Saturday so thought I ought to make the extra effort to travel to the Chilterns (nr Stokenchurch) to see if there were any red kites around in the sunshine.

There were...

Such fabulous birds to watch and listen to, with their almost sorrowful calls.

Taken hand-held with a Canon 50D and a 100-400mm lens.

 

[photoden]

Nice shots, that area has to be about the best for Kite shots, dare I say even better than Gigrin Farm and the birds dont have wing tags which looks more natural

 

[melscmax]

Great set Duck pond and agree abeautiful bird.

 

[Les McLean]

These are excellent, pleased you have a sky to go with them

 

[Duck_Pond]

Nice shots, that area has to be about the best for Kite shots, dare I say even better than Gigrin Farm and the birds dont have wing tags which looks more natural

I prefer it to Gigrin - it's actually easier to get shots IMO, as there are fewer birds to keep a track of... and yes, not many of the birds have those horrid wing tags on too.

Thanks.

 

[u8myufo]

A great set of images there DP and as mentioned a good sky to set them off What kind of height were they at roughly?

 

[Duck_Pond]

All shots are minor crops. So not very high at all I often stumble upon ones feeding from the ground, much to my annoyance when they take flight and scarper. Would love a perched or ground shot of one.

 

[kaz10]

super shots Pete

 

[gaza]

great set of shots what a fantastic bird .

 

[Liam]

Great shots, who needs to go to Grigrin!

 

[gemini]

These are all really nice shots

Alison

 

[Joe T]

Good work - better than any I've got so far of these birds in that area!

Must catch up soon mate!

 

[Luke_Herts]

Great shots is that on that common opposite the pub?

 

[Duck_Pond]

It's at a place called Waterend, near Beacons Bottom. There's a public footpath that leads out into the fields at the back of some cottages.

 

[GyRob]

super shots of a super bird .
Rob.