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Kites and Keep Off Signs

Kites and Keep Off Signs

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Adrian Bleese
Jun 01, 2025
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Ten years ago I had never seen a Red Kite. Today in Albury, an almost non-existent village in Oxfordshire, I could barely look up into the summer sky without seeing one.

a hawk flying in the sky
Photo by Phil Robson on Unsplash

Red Kites are one of the great success stories of the 21st century. For most of the twentieth century, the UK population was restricted to a handful of b…

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