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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
31/12/23	Red Kite	Fareham	1	L Peach
12:58	ad. Seen flying over trees opposite Fareham Leisure Centre. SU573067.
30/12/23	Red Kite	Lordshill Centre	1	P D Winter
12:25	over the Sainsbury's roundabout.
27/12/23	Red Kite	Fernyhurst Lake, Rownhams	1	P D Winter
09:42	low, drifting towards nursling.
24/12/23	Red Kite	Barton Farm	1	E Farmer
15:05
21/12/23	Red Kite	Gosport	1	D Stevenson
12:40	Drifting low north towards Grove Road Rec.
20/12/23	Red Kite	Rotherwick	17	P Ellis
16:00	Minimum count. Collecting over the village for 15 minutes or so.
20/12/23	Red Kite	Poulner	1	E Brett
10:25
18/12/23	Red Kite	Marlhill Copse, Southampton	1	D Payne
10:07	Over garden south of copse drifting south.
11/12/23	Red Kite	Ranvilles Lane	1	A Robjohns
13:15	Flew west and continued over Titchfield Road towards Posbrook.
09/12/23	Red Kite	Ranvilles Lane	1	A Robjohns
12:25	Drifting slowly west towards canal path.
04/12/23	Red Kite	East End, Sowley	1	A Pullen
21:02	Recent bird appears to be roosting on and off in Sowley Copse.
30/11/23	Red Kite	Hale	1	K Sayer
14:15
01/12/23	Red Kite	Sway	1	S Keen
12:15
01/12/23	Red Kite	Barton on Sea	1	S Keen
10:30
29/11/23	Red Kite	Cheesefoot Head	13	A P Twyman
14:00	Probably more.
26/11/23	Red Kite	Alresford	2	D Durell
12:00
28/11/23	Red Kite	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	S Brunton
11:32	N.W over the Meander Pools - picked up by j. Faithful.
28/11/23	Red Kite	Marlhill Copse, Southampton	1	D Payne
12:44	High over garden south of copse drifted west.
28/11/23	Red Kite	Newlands Farm (Stubbington)	1	A Robjohns
11:27	Flew west over Ranvilles lane, then lingering over the newlands farm fields.
27/11/23	Red Kite	Milton Common, Portsmouth	1	D Stevenson
12:30	Flying low and northwards.
23/11/23	Red Kite	Gander Down	6	N Wiley
12:03	11.30am to 12pm.
21/11/23	Red Kite	Blashford Lakes - Centre	2	N Marsh
11:15
20/11/23	Red Kite	Burley	1	G Digby
12:30	Over Burley Lawn, heading east.
19/11/23	Red Kite	Skidmore	1	P D Winter
14:00
19/11/23	Red Kite	Fernyhurst Lake, Rownhams	1	P D Winter
11:43	heading WSW.
18/11/23	Red Kite	Beacon Hill (Highclere)	3	J Soane
11:45	SU458572.
13/11/23	Red Kite	Upton	1	P D Winter
15:20	drifting slowly over Upton towards Lee.
11/11/23	Red Kite	Hook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash	1	S Brunton
10:05	West over Southampton Water off Hook Spit.
08/11/23	Red Kite	Oxleys Coppice, Fareham	1	B Goddard
13:30	Over Oxleys coppice.
07/11/23	Red Kite	Liphook	2	S Axten
13:11	Flying over park. SU842319.
07/11/23	Red Kite	Farnborough	1	R Milligan
12:14	Daily visitor over the house. SU857551.
06/11/23	Red Kite	Wade Hill	1	P D Winter
	north over Wade Hill Drove. SU3316.
06/11/23	Red Kite	Skidmore	2	P D Winter

06/11/23	Red Kite	Fareham	2	B Goddard
13:00	Drifting west over garden.
05/11/23	Red Kite	Shatterford Bottom, NF	1	K Godfrey
16:49	Unusual here.
03/11/23	Red Kite	Bransbury Common	4	D Murdoch
09:22	10 sightings (from all directions) of up to 4 Kites at once, just the one Buzzard.
03/11/23	Red Kite	Edenbrook CP, Fleet	1	J Blithe
14:42	Yellow wing tags. Unable to read the lettering.
21/10/23	Red Kite	Edenbrook CP, Fleet	1	J Blithe
15:51	Yellow wing tag T-8.
29/10/23	Red Kite	Whitsbury Down	4	R M Webb
21:43
28/10/23	Red Kite	Romsey	1	J G Ross
15:30	Being mobbed by a Kestrel over Romsey Town FC, final score Romsey 0 Fleetlands 2!
24/10/23	Red Kite	Blashford Lakes - Ellingham Pound	1	N Marsh
12:52	Flying south Also an Otter in this lake .
20/10/23	Red Kite	Edenbrook CP, Fleet	1	J Blithe
10:16	Yellow wing tag T8.
18/10/23	Red Kite	Lepe, Dark Water	1	P F Fawkes
10:00
17/10/23	Red Kite	West Wellow	2	D Munts
10:18	Low over garden.
15/10/23	Red Kite	Titchfield Haven	1	D Wallace
14:30	From the Spurgin Hide; no further sign of Jack Snipe.
14/10/23	Red Kite	Broadmarsh	2	N CROOK
	Circling low over the area around midday. Later in the afternoon from the lake at Farlington marshes I could still see them circling in the same area.
10/10/23	Red Kite	Portsdown Hill	2	G B Langley
15:00
09/10/23	Red Kite	Inchmery	1	D J Shrive
12:00
09/10/23	Red Kite	Peartree Green LNR, Southampton	4	K L Roberts
14:22	4 red kites and 2 buzzards circling over my garden near to PGLNR. Most red kites I've seen in one go at this location.
07/10/23	Red Kite	Broadlands Estate	6	I R Watts
11:00	Just north of M27. Seen from Testwood Lakes. SU346165.
06/10/23	Red Kite	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	3	K Crouch
11:23	Circling together. Viewed from Tern Hide. SU151084.
29/09/23	Red Kite	Old Winchester Hill	5	J Morton
11:30	Around fields and 3 on ground feeding.
29/09/23	Red Kite	Titchfield Haven	2	D Gorman
10:46	Over Pumfrett sw towards Brownich.
27/09/23	Red Kite	Old Winchester Hill	3	D M Light
14:00
25/09/23	Red Kite	Searchfield Farm (Downton)	1	K Sayer
15:00
25/09/23	Red Kite	Moorcourt Farm	1	P Villiers
13:00
25/09/23	Red Kite	Fishlake Meadows	2	M Rafter
12:11
24/09/23	Red Kite	Skidmore	5	I R Watts
12:30
24/09/23	Red Kite	Lower Test Marshes	1	S Clemons
09:43	High north.
22/09/23	Red Kite	Nursling Church	1	P D Winter
15:00
22/09/23	Red Kite	Locks Heath	1	B E Smith
12:28	Moving West.
21/09/23	Red Kite	Farnborough	1	R Milligan
12:00	Almost daily visitor to Rafborough estate.
05/09/23	Red Kite	Valley Park, Chandlers Ford	3	G Reeves
10:45	Soaring below lone buzzard. Single sightings very frequent but this is only the second time I have seen 3 over my garden.
03/09/23	Red Kite	Ranvilles Lane	1	A Robjohns
12:20	Drifting south over the fields between Ranvilles & Peak Lane.
28/08/23	Red Kite	Skidmore	4	I R Watts
12:50
28/08/23	Red Kite	Fishlake Meadows	1	R Goodall
11:53	Sitting in dead tree. Two trees away from Osprey. After after being chased around by Osprey.
25/08/23	Red Kite	North Boarhunt	3	P A Heard
08:42
23/08/23	Red Kite	Skidmore	3	M Rafter
13:23
19/08/23	Red Kite	Fishlake Meadows	1	T Doron
11:55
19/08/23	Red Kite	Broadlands Estate	5	A Court
13:31	SU349201.
16/08/23	Red Kite	Fishlake Meadows	1	M Rafter
11:22
10/08/23	Red Kite	Stuckton	1	P Bailey
13:20	SU158133.
05/08/23	Red Kite	Romsey	1	J G Ross
15:00	Over Romsey Town FC, 6-2 against Whitchurch by the way!
30/07/23	Red Kite	Oxleys Coppice, Fareham	1	M Rolfe
08:30	Drifting north.
28/07/23	Red Kite	Whitsbury Down	3	N Marsh
16:15
21/07/23	Red Kite	Whitsbury Down	2	N Marsh
16:30
19/07/23	Red Kite	Ampfield	1	R A WALL
22:38	over golf course.
16/07/23	Red Kite	Locks Heath	1	R Hankey
15:50	Becoming a regular over Hunts Pond Road allotments.
09/07/23	Red Kite	Barton Farm	1	E Farmer
12:45
09/07/23	Red Kite	Barton Farm	1	E Farmer
12:45
10/07/23	Red Kite	Lee (Nursling)	2	P D Winter
14:00	over field N of Lee Drove.
10/07/23	Red Kite	Ampfield	1	R A WALL
16:51
10/07/23	Red Kite	Fareham	1	B Goddard
16:04	Over Longfield Ave drifting west with 5 crows in attendance.
09/07/23	Red Kite	Titchfield Common	1	R Hankey
02:30	Flying very low over Huntspond Road allotments.
07/07/23	Red Kite	West Wellow	1	P D Winter
	at the northern end of West Wellow Common late morning.
06/07/23	Red Kite	Durley	1	S Brunton
09:42	South Over Winchester Road.
04/07/23	Red Kite	Warblington	1	P N Milinets-Raby
14:00	Drifting south over Warblington school.
02/07/23	Red Kite	Titchfield Haven	1	A Robjohns
11:35	Over the meadow. The Haven are selling hot drinks again.
01/07/23	Red Kite	Farnborough	2	R Milligan
17:02	Together, Invincible Road area being mobbed by a couple of Herring Gulls.
29/06/23	Red Kite	Posbrook	1	A Robjohns
08:15	Flew south towards Brownwich.
28/06/23	Red Kite	Lordshill Centre	1	P D Winter
13:20	very low over the Sainsbury's roundabout.
24/06/23	Red Kite	Ranvilles Lane	1	M Rolfe
11:45
24/06/23	Red Kite	Fishlake Meadows	2	M Rafter
12:55
23/06/23	Red Kite	Stoney Cross	1	M Rafter
13:53
20/06/23	Red Kite	Fareham	1	B Goddard
11:06	Drifting over west Fareham heading south.
20/06/23	Red Kite	Whiteley	1	D Gorman
10:00	Circled Meadowside playing fields then headed east. SU527096.
06/06/23	Red Kite	Wonston	7	D Murdoch
16:52	+ 3 Buzzards over field being cut for hay. Record for our garden.
19/06/23	Red Kite	Crows Nest Bottom, NF	1	M Rafter
12:35
17/06/23	Red Kite	Fishlake Meadows	1	M Rafter
12:20
14/06/23	Red Kite	West End	1	R Durkin
16:22	Low over Hope Road bungalows.
13/06/23	Red Kite	Sopley	1	D Barton
14:30
13/06/23	Red Kite	East Boldre	1	M Adams
17:12	Soaring up high.
08/06/23	Red Kite	Blashford Lakes - Mockbeggar Lake	1	K Sayer
09:00
05/06/23	Red Kite	Fishlake Meadows	2	M Rafter
12:23
04/06/23	Red Kite	Itchen Navigation, Mansbridge	1	M Caponi
12:30	Circling. SU453154.
04/06/23	Red Kite	Eling Cemetery	1	P Villiers
11:50	Circling over fields between cemetery and Jacob's Gutter Lane for at least 5 minutes. 6 herring gulls in close proximity! SU364121.
04/06/23	Red Kite	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
08:30	High SW over links scrape from Hook Valley.
03/06/23	Red Kite	West Wellow	3	D Munts
13:31	3 birds seen circling together from garden towards Wiltshire border.
01/06/23	Red Kite	Fleet	20	R Goodall
19:50	At least 20 circling low. Plus 2 Buzzards. Seen from train a mile outside Fleet station. Made a pleasant change from the pigeons at Lord's cricket today.
31/05/23	Red Kite	Gander Down	3	N Wiley
15:00
31/05/23	Red Kite	Fernyhurst Lake, Rownhams	1	P D Winter
11:20	drifting west.
30/05/23	Red Kite	Fishlake Meadows	1	M Rafter
11:49	Harassed by C.Tern.
29/05/23	Red Kite	Castle Bottom	1	D Myers
11:18	SU793592.
29/05/23	Red Kite	Leigh Park	5	C Slade
12:56	Over house going east towards Havant thicket.
28/05/23	Red Kite	Ower	2	W Goulding
13:30	Flying low over A36 just near ower roundabout.
28/05/23	Red Kite	Locks Heath	1	R H Marchant
14:12	NW over Raley Road, first over the garden this year.
27/05/23	Red Kite	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	1	M Rolfe
12:00
27/05/23	Red Kite	Basingstoke	5	M Lambden
11:27	5 Red Kites soaring very high up and a single Buzzard at the top going over the garden. SU616491.
26/05/23	Red Kite	Peartree Green LNR, Southampton	2	K L Roberts
13:55	High on thermals. One has distinctive white patches under wings.
24/05/23	Red Kite	Romsey	1	R A WALL
20:59	m.
23/05/23	Red Kite	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	1	N Marsh
12:20
22/05/23	Red Kite	Castle Bottom	1	P Boult
08:30
21/05/23	Red Kite	Botley	1	G B Langley
14:22
21/05/23	Red Kite	Sway	1	L Etheridge
10:15	North of village.
20/05/23	Red Kite	Fishlake Meadows	1	I Kitching

20/05/23	Red Kite	Titchfield Haven	2	M Rolfe
11:00
20/05/23	Red Kite	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	2	S Brunton
11:12	1 S.E side of pylon field heading E at 11:12, joined by a 2nd bird at 11:16, lost to view at 11:21.
19/05/23	Red Kite	West Wellow	2	D Munts
11:12	Over garden, different birds to the normal tatty one that is resident in the area.
18/05/23	Red Kite	Havant	1	P N Milinets-Raby
14:10	Flying low over the garden heading west.
17/05/23	Red Kite	Deadman Hill, NF	2	D E Dicks
10:30	Circling together over car park.
16/05/23	Red Kite	Wallington Valley (Fareham)	1	G Hiscock
14:05	Circling over the car park at Sainsbury's.
15/05/23	Red Kite	Whitsbury Down	1	N Marsh
13:25
15/05/23	Red Kite	Fishlake Meadows	2	D Lister
10:30	Individuals moving through the reserve north.
14/05/23	Red Kite	Lepe, Dark Water	1	J G Ross
13:00
14/05/23	Red Kite	Bransbury Common	1	T E Parsons
07:00	Few raptors around this morning. With DM.
13/05/23	Red Kite	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	1	N Marsh
11:15
12/05/23	Red Kite	Thorney Hill	1	D Barton
17:29	Drifting East.
12/05/23	Red Kite	Bitterne Park, Southampton	3	M G Painter
12:00	Three more Northwest. SU439148.
12/05/23	Red Kite	Bitterne Park, Southampton	3	M G Painter
11:10	Northwest. SU439148.
12/05/23	Red Kite	Titchfield Haven	2	M Rolfe
10:30
12/05/23	Red Kite	Hamble Estuary	2	S Brunton
08:30	1 slowly drifting N over the Maritime College Pier being mobbed by Crows between 08:30 - 08:45, viewed from Hook Spit; 1 N over TLC for horses, N.E side of Workman's Lane at 11:05.
12/05/23	Red Kite	Barton on Sea	3	S Keen
11:35	NW together.
12/05/23	Red Kite	Ranvilles Lane	1	M Rolfe
09:00	Drifting north.
11/05/23	Red Kite	Portsdown Hill	3	T Carpenter
11:00	raptor fest 1100-1200 from one place. SU585080.
10/05/23	Red Kite	Skidmore	1	P D Winter
09:45
09/05/23	Red Kite	Skidmore	2	P D Winter
16:00
05/05/23	Red Kite	Totton	1	J G Ross
16:00	Over Morrisons.
05/05/23	Red Kite	Titchfield Common	1	D Wallace
13:28	Drifting west over Abshot Road; surprisingly, just my 2nd garden record.
04/05/23	Red Kite	Hightown (Ringwood)	1	P C Donaldson
17:00	Soaring over A31.
04/05/23	Red Kite	Fernyhurst Lake, Rownhams	1	P D Winter
16:30
04/05/23	Red Kite	Lordshill	1	P D Winter
15:45	circling over the channel islands estate.
04/05/23	Red Kite	Iley Lane	1	O Haisell
10:40
01/05/23	Red Kite	Alver Valley	1	J Norton
17:20	Over the Sandhill Lane fields, off Cherque Way.
01/05/23	Red Kite	Fishlake Meadows	1	A Court
15:45	High over reserve.
01/05/23	Red Kite	Ashurst	1	E Mallion
12:20	Flying quite high but definitely identifiable as a kite. Being chased by some rooks. SU341110.
01/05/23	Red Kite	Havant	1	P N Milinets-Raby
09:05	Low over the back garden drifting west. Also Peregrine circling around for several minutes looking for breakfast no doubt.
30/04/23	Red Kite	Emsworth	1	R POWELL
11:15	Flying West to East, fairly low level, not being harried by other species.
30/04/23	Red Kite	Rownhams	1	P D Winter
18:08	circling over the house.
30/04/23	Red Kite	Baffins Pond (Portsmouth)	1	R Tofts
12:45	Moulting adult harassed by crows; the first I've seen this spring so far into the city.
29/04/23	Red Kite	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	I Kitching
	Also Kestrel and numerous Linnets.
29/04/23	Red Kite	Titchfield Haven	1	M Rolfe
11:00
23/04/23	Red Kite	Stubbington	1	I A Smith
13:35	Drifting west over garden.
22/04/23	Red Kite	Cadmans Pool, NF	1	G Digby
16:00
22/04/23	Red Kite	Lepe, Dark Water	1	J G Ross
12:30	Circling over Coastguard cottages.
20/04/23	Red Kite	Test Way	2	P D Winter
12:36	circling overhead by Moorcourt Copse. SU3417.
20/04/23	Red Kite	Havant	1	P N Milinets-Raby
11:45	Flew low over the garden heading north.
20/04/23	Red Kite	Martin Down	2	M A Barrett
11:45	SU040196.
19/04/23	Red Kite	East Boldre	3	A Pullen
15:30	All three together with a pair of white tailed sea eagles. .
19/04/23	Red Kite	Fernyhurst Lake, Rownhams	1	P D Winter
17:58	circling then flew NW over the house.
19/04/23	Red Kite	Titchfield - Bridge Street Floods	1	M Rolfe
10:30
19/04/23	Red Kite	Hamble	1	D E Swensson
11:50	Drifted over Hamble river low east.
17/04/23	Red Kite	Portsdown Hill	3	P M Potts
14:35	Drifting east - moving? SU666064.
18/04/23	Red Kite	Titchfield Haven	1	D Wallace
13:10	Possibly the same bird seen earlier by Margaret P.
18/04/23	Red Kite	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	S Brunton
09:05	North over Meander Pools.
18/04/23	Red Kite	Posbrook	1	M A Pink
10:30
18/04/23	Red Kite	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	1	K I Tubb
09:10	Over the barn field being harassed by a Carrion Crow.
18/04/23	Red Kite	Southampton Old Cemetery	1	A Nieuwkerk
10:00	Flying above the cemetary.
18/04/23	Red Kite	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	2	R H Marchant
08:55	Over pylon fields, one mobbed by a Buzzard.
18/04/23	Red Kite	Weston Shore, Southampton	2	I R Watts
06:35	Over West Wood before heading north.
17/04/23	Red Kite	Southampton, Hollybrook Cemetery	1	P Villiers
14:20	My daily red kite sighting! Viewed from my mother in law's back garden near the top of Hill Lane. Circling high and north of Winchester Road in direction of cemetery.
16/04/23	Red Kite	Havant	1	P N Milinets-Raby
13:15	In amongst 6 Buzzards up very high circling around and slowly drifting North.
16/04/23	Red Kite	Fletchwood Lane (Ashurst)	1	P Villiers
15:35	Flying north over Little Fletchwood Farm.
16/04/23	Red Kite	Fernyhurst Lake, Rownhams	3	P D Winter
13:05	Circling.
15/04/23	Red Kite	Whiteley	2	D Gorman
10:52	Low over Meadowside , heading north.
15/04/23	Red Kite	West Wellow	2	D Munts
10:07	Circling over garden.
14/04/23	Red Kite	Fernyhurst Lake, Rownhams	1	P D Winter
14:14	again escorted away by a Herring Gull.
12/04/23	Red Kite	Fernyhurst Lake, Rownhams	2	P D Winter
16:10	over the lake before heading towards Lordswood / Chilworth.
10/04/23	Red Kite	Eastleigh Sewage Farm	2	I R Watts
11:00
10/04/23	Red Kite	Fernyhurst Lake, Rownhams	1	P D Winter
18:00	seen off by a sub-adult Herring Gull.
10/04/23	Red Kite	Lymington	1	J G Ross
17:00	Over field at Walhampton.
10/04/23	Red Kite	Sowley Pond	1	J G Ross
14:15
10/04/23	Red Kite	Fishlake Meadows	2	M Rafter
12:15
09/04/23	Red Kite	Woolmer Pond Cottage	1	J P Turner
15:00	Over.
09/04/23	Red Kite	Hincheslea Moor, NF	1	A S Rhodes
15:00
09/04/23	Red Kite	Sway	1	M Barfield
15:02	Heading East over Pitmore Lane.
09/04/23	Red Kite	Hill Head	1	M J Palmer
12:15	South over garden, East of TH.
09/04/23	Red Kite	Havant	1	P N Milinets-Raby
09:36	Seen from the car passing over the main railway bridge. The bird was low over the Wickes building and then dropped onto the railway embankment.
06/04/23	Red Kite	Mopley Pond	1	M McCrea
17:00	One circling over Mopley Road on the way down to the Pond.
08/04/23	Red Kite	Mopley Pond	3	M McCrea
15:45	One pair and one single circling over Mopley Road.

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