One over Compton Street, Butleigh late morning today.

Red Kite over our Garden in Somerton at 9.15 am this morning.
Got mobbed by 2 gulls and flew off NE - towards Butleigh perhaps?

Single bird over Cow Bridge Road, between Butleigh Wootton and Glastonbury just before 9 am today

A single Red Kite seen this morning just West of Higher Langridge Farm, Dulverton.

Grass cutting immediately north of Mark village along Kingsway this morning continued to attract attention by Red Kites (2), Common Buzzards (5 or 6), Gulls and Corvids.

Six red kites with nine buzzards riding thermals over Mendip golf club today at 2.30pm.

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Four soaring over Yarley, 17.20

This morning, by chance, I was driving on the road heading north out of Mark towards the A38 and came across the silageing teams.  This was a major silage cut involving a fair number of fields. The skies were full of Buzzards, Gulls and Corvids. In the gentle breeze a number of the Buzzards were adopting the hover technique followed by a vertical dive. Then they had to hope that they were not mobbed on the ground for the prey. At times the Buzzards stacked vertically with the lower ones regularly look up. Impossible to count them. Quite a sight.

There were also between 4-6 kites who used the classic dive and snatch method of getting the prey off the ground.

Give that the grass was cut and removed while I watched, the birds made best use of this opportunity.

On longrun meadow this morning ,a total of 5 g s woodpecker’s,3 green woodpecker’s,both male and female blackcaps greenfinches plus goldfinches.Whitethroats.On the lake grey heron catching frogs and fish,swifts swooping down to have a drink while in flight.Reedbuntings in abundance along side reed warbler,swallows and the odd house martin.Pheants in the near by fields.Walking through pass roughmoor farm 2 pairs of Bullfinches on the branches of some beech tree’s.Walking on a bit further came face to face to a startled buzzard, not sure who was more surprised!.On the walk back through longrun meadow,looking up in the blue sky was 1 kite just floating a few seconds later 1 more joined him.They were soaring quite high heading towards Norton Fitzwarren.Good morning for birds also very few people about.

Lovely low views of red kite over the garden in Kingsway, in Mark this morning. I am currently surrounded by frantic silageing, no doubt providing plenty of feeding opportunities.

I saw 1 red kite between Nether Stowey and Holford this afternoon around 14:00. First time I’ve seen one in this area, we usually have lots of buzzards. My first time on your forum

Hi Gary, Two red kites in the air together briefly over 70 acres on Shapwick Heath at 1220 today (Thurs.) slowly moving south east. First I’ve seen for a couple of months.

Red kite circled daily low over Shapwick this morning at 11ish, headed back north along the Polden, having height.

2 red kite seen this morning 09.15 approx at the top of Bury Hill-Lyddon’s Hill, flying over fields and over the track leading to a property shown on OS map called ‘Oatway’. SS 293130