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    Visitors to the RSPB's Raptors on the Rock project at Symonds Yat in Gloucestershire have been treated to a day's bird of prey watching unprecedented in the UK.

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    Have been to Symonds Yat - very like the area of gorges on the Clyde near Lanark, and supporting the same wildlife and BOPs.

    I wonder if the Black Kite will stay in that area this summer, or if it will return to France?

    Is that too far away for a day trip from Reading, Rolf?

    Must check if the bird stays there....
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    No, only a couple of hours or so Catherine, may well try and get over there later in the year.
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    It's maybe only there to tease you though. I mean, you go to France, so it comes here! When you return, it will probably do so too!

    Hope not though!
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    Worth a visit there in any event Catherine, I've never seen a Kite in France anyway, so not missed it.
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