Red kites courting

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As we walked across the playing field this morning I could hear the distinctive whistling call of a red kite. They make a rather peculiar sound, a high whistling noise a bit like ‘Whheeeeoooh wheeoooh wheeoooh'. They do it when perched in a tree and also while flying. After a while I heard another bird answering from the other side of the valley. I don’t know whether males and females both make the same sound but I would guess they do. It’s amazing that these birds were on the verge of extinction about 20 years ago and now they are so common, I see them most days. I still love to watch them though, and today I managed to get a reasonable photo with my little pocket camera. All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2016.