The Lincolnshire Bird Club

90% sure bird I saw at A15 / A52 roundabout was a Black Kite this morning at 08.40hrs.

Being mobbed by frantic Lapwings (defending young) it flew off NW very low!

Come to Daddy!!!

I thought that I saw a black kite some weeks back near Edenham - I didn't report it because I thought that I may have been mistaken. So I'm glad to read that somebody else has seen one!

What makes you only 90% sure Bob ? if it was that low surely the id would be certain ?

Trev

I read throu these submissions of black Kite and im totally baffled by the comments?Black kite is easy to id if seen well,this rubbish about dark marsh harrier is c***,it is a totally different bird,in stucture,wing shape,flight profile,-e.g. hold its wings down when low over ground-like a heron,nothing like a harrier or buzzard,anyone whos well aquainted with buzzrads and especially marsh harrier is gonna know they are on to something different-do not be afraid to say what you have seen!!!these people in linc who do not wish to believe it its their problem-not yours!!!as for goshawks-well barton on humber,seems to be the place to see em,from what ive heard,not breeding that far away.
rog.

yawn....

is buzzrad schedule 1?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKuseA5BCzU

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I was talking to a man at Manby Flashes who said he had a Black Kite recently by the rubbish tip near the Louth bypass, I don't know the site and havn't checked it out. He seemed to know the difference between Red Kite, Black Kite and Marsh Harrier but don't think he's a keen birder.
Anyone want to check it out?
Geoff

quite. how many times....

You Keep Yawning!!!you think i go on,but you do to for the Non believers also!! ,a Rubbish tip is something black kites love,no high Pressure still black kites coming throu..................it reminds me of religeon this,the believers and non believers,..........

seriously Roger, what on earth are you on about? Who said I was a non-believer?!

I think he's saying that if it IS a Black Kite (don't ask me - I can't tell a barn owl from an England flag tied to a post!) then it's a good day for birding in Lincolnshire.......

Its Called Humour Josh!!!!Lighten up,chill out and dont be serious all the time,your too young for that,let grumpy old men like me do that................ive edited mine a little due to pc ,glad your a believer

Sorry I just couldn't understand the joke/point of the post... who said I was a non-believer anyway?

Just to add to the chat - I didn't report my black kite sighting as the bird I saw looked to be a tad smaller than a red kite (I see a lot of red kites as I travel between Stamford and Corby everyday).

Definitely a kite - deeply forked tail, very dark coloured, but not as big a wingspan as most reds. I saw it from my car window and by the time I has stopped it had gone. I spent 20 minutes with the glasses but couln't relocate it.

Deeply forked tail ?

Red Kite it is then !


Trev