Monxton - Bird Of Prey ?

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Monxton - Bird Of Prey ? by Chris Talbot as part of the Geograph project.

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Monxton - Bird Of Prey ?

Image: © Chris Talbot Taken: 28 Mar 2010

At first I thought this was a bird of prey as it hovered over the watercress beds, then it started making erratic movements and I then realised it was kite (of the toy variety) tethered to a pole to scare away birds.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.197016
Longitude
-1.540551