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This landfill site (SK905243) is currently playing host to good numbers of red kites with 8 present on 4th December, 6 on the 27th November and 10 on the 21st Nov. Several of the birds are tagged and those I have read (5 so far) are mostly of birds fledged in 2009 and 2010 from Rutland and Northants. Birds give good close views and are best seen from the southern edge of the tip along the old Colsterworth line (an LWT reserve), 50m+ west of the crossroads (where possible to park); birds often perch (up to 5 or 6 at a time) in some of the ash trees along the southern boundary of the site.
Along with good numbers of gulls are large numbers of chaffinch (150), pied wagtail (57) and starling (400) with flocks of skylark (60), linnet (50) and yellowhammer (26) in a rape stubble field to the NE of the tip entrance.
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