Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Status at Longham Lakes
Rare visitor, perhaps increasing.
1. 1 fastidious adult drifted precisely due south at exactly midday on 18th April 2006. (Dominic Couzens)
2. 1 seen from Green Lane flying north of site, 12th January 2011. (Dominic Couzens)
3. 1 adult flew east over LR North, 3rd March 2011. (Dominic Couzens)
4. 1 overhead between 2.30-3.00pm on 7th June 2013. (Dominic Couzens)
Red Kite, Longham Lakes, Dorset 3/6/15 (Lorne Bissell).
5. 1 over on 24th February 2015 (Lorne Bissell).
6. 1 over on 19th April 2015 (Gary White).
7. 1 over on 3rd June 2015 (Lorne Bissell).
Maximum numbers per month:
Birds of Longham Lakes
