Red Kite or ....? (1 Viewer)

[Scozmos]

Hi all (again) I took these phots this afternoon in poor light, assuming it was a Red Kite of which we have a few in the area but the awful shots make it look different? Could someone confirm it please? Near Alyth in Perthshire

 

[Butty]

Red kite - looking very normal to me 👍🏻

 

[Scozmos]

Cheers @Butty

 

[Richard Dale]

It's a young bird - 2nd calendar year, so not quite as red as an adult red kite would be. Note the pale tips to greater coverts and relatively pale vent, concolorous with the underside of the tail.

 

[Scozmos]

Thank you @Richard Dale

 

[delia todd]

Is this a House Tick Scoz or taken further away.

Won't be long till I get one ticked from my flat!!! It won't be.... will it. Please say it won't be long!!

 

[KC Foggin]

Fingers crossed for you D

 

[Scozmos]

Is this a House Tick Scoz or taken further away.

Won't be long till I get one ticked from my flat!!! It won't be.... will it. Please say it won't be long!!

Yup, house. A family raised young here last year, won't be long 🤞👍

 

[Stonefaction]

Is this a House Tick Scoz or taken further away.

Won't be long till I get one ticked from my flat!!! It won't be.... will it. Please say it won't be long!!

Listen for gulls, crows suddenly getting very vocal about something, or if there are any Feral Pigeon flocks, see why they've taken flight, as it will often be a raptor - and where you are that could turn out to be VERY interesting (I've managed White Tailed Eagle, Buzzard, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Osprey and escaped Saker Falcon from my living room window, despite my very urban location in Dundee), though sometimes it can be a tiny dot seemingly miles up that is causing the panic.

 

[delia todd]

Listen for gulls, crows suddenly getting very vocal about something, or if there are any Feral Pigeon flocks, see why they've taken flight, as it will often be a raptor - and where you are that could turn out to be VERY interesting (I've managed White Tailed Eagle, Buzzard, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Osprey and escaped Saker Falcon from my living room window, despite my very urban location in Dundee), though sometimes it can be a tiny dot seemingly miles up that is causing the panic.

I'm sure one will have passed, at least nearby. But it's being around to see it LOL.

We did get one on my Up the Hill patch last year. It took one look at us and turned tail and fled LOL. I didn't even get a chance to grab the camera!!!

 

[Stonefaction]

I'm sure one will have passed, at least nearby. But it's being around to see it LOL.

We did get one on my Up the Hill patch last year. It took one look at us and turned tail and fled LOL. I didn't even get a chance to grab the camera!!!

They are starting to appear around the edges of Dundee. I've yet to get one this year, though my pal had one recently at Clatto Reservoir, but I had 2 last year, 1 in 2022, and 2 in 2021. I'm hoping to get one (and also Raven) on my living room window list sooner rather than later.