Milvus milvus

Red Kite - Identified by the orange-red colouring and forked tail in flight. Elegant in flight with mid air twists and turns. Wonderful to watch. They mainly feed on carrion and worms but they will also take rabbits and small birds. Found around hilly country with a mixture of mature deciduous woodland and open fields and lakes. These photographs taken in the Son Real and - S'Albufera regions of Majorca Spain.