Kite

Three times today as we drove to Dolau we saw red kites overhead.  Here they are relatively common, as mid-Wales is one of the least-populated parts of the country; we have good night skies and red kites.  And standing talking in our neighbour's garden there was one circling lazily overhead, endlessly hunting.  I have said before that they are like a bird assembled from leftover blades, a overlapping collage of broken scythes, all sharp points and blade-wings.  They may be common but they are remarkable birds and I love seeing them.