A project to bolster the population of  a rare bird in England as proved a success – and sightings have been made in Wokingham.

The red kite has been returning to the skies over Berkshire after breeding pairs were released in the Chilterns in 1989.

The county remains one of the few areas where the bird can be seen.

David Fox, who lives in Elizabeth Road, has seen a lone red kite circling around All Saints Church in Wiltshire Road, as well as over Norreys Avenue and London Road.

The sightings began several months ago, and was last spotted on Monday, June 2.

The birds were hunted almost to extinction in the 19th Century and they remain absent from most of the country.

Although there are now more than 500 pairs, sightings of red kites in Wokingham only began fairly recently.

Marek Walford, from the Wokingham and Bracknell RSPB group, said: “The spread of the red kite across Berkshire has been remarkable.

“I live in Twyford and see them daily over the village.”

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