A fellow member of the Cambridge Bird Club, also a photographer, informed me where there was a Red Kite roost at nearby Cottenham. All I needed was a sunny day so, early afternoon on 2nd December, I went to check it out.

Sure enough, Red Kites came in in dribs and drabs but that was good as it gave time to select which ones would prove to be the best subject, especially with a contrasty low setting sun.

With the sun getting lower, one bird decided to catch a small mammal, probably a Field Vole, and then flew off with it's prize, proving that Red Kites are not purely scavengers.

And then towards the end of daylight, one of my final images was this.

(with apologies for the slight readjustment of the subject in Photoshop).

So a very successful couple of hours or so. The only problem was the quantity of potential keepers that has taken me over a week to sort.