RED KITE

Woodford, June 2010 (Howard Anderson)

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Red Kite: Uncommon Visitor (passage) (huge increase in sightings during 2010)

Red Kite sightings are usually flyovers during spring migration

Latest Sightings:

2010: 15 sightings so far

• March 19th, 1 over Wanstead Park
• March 24th, 1 over Valentines Park
• March 26th, 1 over Wanstead Flats
• April 22nd, 1 over Barkingside
• May 11th, 1 over Wanstead Park
• May 15th, 1 over Aldborough Hatch
• May 25th, 1 over Woodford Green
• June 14th, 1 over Five Oaks Lane Scrubland
• June 17th, 1 over Woodford
• June 27th, 1 over Valentines Park (S)
• June 29th, 1 over Gants Hill
• July 28th, 1 over Wanstead Flats
• August 1st, 1 over Wanstead Flats
• August 5th, 1 over Newbury Park
• August 20th, 1 over Whitehall Plain (S)
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2009: 4 sightings

• March 20th, 1 over Hainault Forest
• May 6th, 1 over Snaresbrook
• May 31st, 1 over Wanstead
• June 21st, 1 over Snaresbrook

2006:

• March 25th, 1 over Wanstead Park

2005:

• May 2nd, 1 seen over Fairlop Waters

2004:

• May 18th, 1 seen over Fairlop Waters

2002:

• April 23rd, 1 over Ilford