#Rotmilan im Gegenlicht.

A Red Kite at the Holkham estate.

After hours of watching them and some marsh harriers from the other side of the reserve we got back to the car to head home. I put my camera bag down, luckily my camera wasn’t in it as I turned around and saw it flying low.

Lovely treat to see a red kite gliding over the garden at lunchtime today. They are still quite scarce around these parts, but we are seeing them a little more than we did a few years ago. Stunningly beautiful birds. #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #RedKite #Brighton

Red Kite landed in the garden thinking the daughter's pink plastic ball was food. Left disappointed. #redkite #birds

The area around #Leudelange where I run is characterized by forests, bushes, and cultivated landscapes. Only extensive agriculture. #Luxembourg is doing a lot of things right here. Especially now in spring, you see birds of prey on almost every run. Today, a #redKite flew close over me. Majestic! Then there was a #buzzard, which was chased away by a #crow. Pretty brave, considering it was a bit smaller.
#running #runnersOfMastodon

A pair of Red Kite hunting over The Wash. They were causing the Red Knot to keep taking flight in large numbers to avoid them.

Red kite in Flight

Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Olympus E-M1 II, Panasonic 100-300 II
258mm, f/7.1, 1/1250s, ISO 320

#bird #BirdPhotography #birds #darktable #kite #photo #photography #RedKite #wildlife @birding
https://zaktakespictures.com/red-kite-in-flight/

That was good! I went out with the camera for the first time in ages. I was heading to our local pond but on the way drove past a field and spotted a red kite circling around. While red kites are increasingly common in many parts of the country we have had relatively few in this part of Sussex (Brighton). I've been waiting patiently for years for them to extend their territory this far south and east. I parked up on my way back from the pond and sure enough the kite was still there. The light was poor and these aren't great shots, but given their local scarcity seeing this less than a mile from my home was a real treat. With luck there will be many more (and better) sightings in the future. #raptor #BirdsOfMastodon #RedKite #Brighton #Falmer

Top #European Launch Companies of 2023

• #ArianeGroup - Love em or hate em, ArianeGroup remains, for now, the dominant force in the European launch industry
• #PLDSpace - successfully launched the first flight of its suborbital #Miura1
• #Avio - partially successful orbital launch aboard a #Vega rocket
• #IsarAerospace - completed a total of 124 hot fire tests of its Aquila engine
• #RocketFactory Augsburg - relying on the timely completion of #SaxaVord to conduct its maiden flight
• #HyImpulse - #SaxaVord was not ready to host the launch
• #MaiaSpace - first successful hot fire test of a #Prometheus engine
• #Latitude - hot fire test campaign of its #Navier engine
• #Orbex - journey to build its own launch facility officially kicked off in May
• #BayernChemie - #RedKite rocket launched from #Andoya

https://europeanspaceflight.com/top-european-launch-companies-of-2023/