A sighting of a Swallow Tailed Kite in Evington, Leicestershire

This sighting of a swallow Tailed Kite has still a way to go to get  proper verification, but we have moved forward because the County recorder does think this picture is of a swallow tailed kite, but as people on this site have already said, the picture has been tampered with.  Osy explains below:

Now I have Info beside my picture of a Swallow Tail Kite

Date Taken 26/06/2021 NIKON D3300, 

f.Stop f/5 exposure Time 1/60 ISO Speed 150-400

Focal Length 42mm Max Exposure 4.6

Not sure if that helps.

Now what I tend to do with my photos, is crop them and use colour and clarity.  I can remember that I used that in this case.

One thing for this lover of taking photos is that I don’t understand much about the technical  side.

Now I know I somewhere have something where I can discarded old pictures, then later I can go into that folder? and permanently get rid of them, or put them back in Photo Locker,.  Ohh daft me If I can find that Locker!  I did find it a week or so ago, but now I cant remember ?  Any help?

When I was in that Locker, I remembered seeing some old discarded pictures of the Red Kites. but not sure, I might have some of the other I took of the Swallow Tail Kite, but I only kept the one. 

Oh I am sure there might be other discarded photos, that are not yet permanently disposed of. Ohh what was that Folder called?. Osy 

I can assure readers that Osy  regularly walks in Evington Park with his camera, which is where he lives, and he certainly did take this picture in Evington Park if that is what he says.

Also, I met a man I have known for a long time, called Steve and he is an ornithologist and does a lot of bird watching.  He said he had seen a bird that was very unusual and it was being mocked by crows.  He tried to look it up, but didn't really see enough for a proper identification and he didn't have a camera.  However, he thought that if he had seen a Swallow Tailed Kite then it would be more probable for it to have escaped from a private collection than to have flown over from South America.  If he is right, then maybe someone is saying they have lost this bird?

Helen.  (Involved because I am the voluntary editor of local community magazine called 'Evington Echo'.