I've just seen a red kite making a right meal out of flying in a not particularly high wind. As it went over the car I was driving I could see it only had one tail feather.
I work across the road from Reading Festival site in Caversham/ Reading. There are thousands of herring gulls around and I saw six chasing off a red kite so maybe they're pulling feathers out if they get near enough.
I've just seen a red kite making a right meal out of flying in a not particularly high wind. As it went over the car I was driving I could see it only had one tail feather.