![]() A number were released on John Paul Getty’s estate in the Chilterns, close to Henley. Then what happened? In the early 90s red kites were reintroduced to England and Scotland from Spain and Sweden. How come we haven’t heard about these attacks until now? There have been reports of red kites raiding picnics going back a few years, and the birds were well known as opportunistic thieves in Shakespeare’s time, but in between they were hunted to near extinction. If it wants your sausage roll, you should probably give it up. That also happens, but it’s worth remembering that a kite is a raptor with sharp talons and a wingspan of up to 1.5 metres. It reminds me of gulls fighting tourists for ice-creams on seaside piers. The suspicion is that people are feeding them so that they can get close-up pictures, and that this behaviour has sparked a free-for-all. There have also been local reports of stolen sausage rolls and hot cross buns, and even steaks lifted off barbecues. That’s quite a Henley-on-Thames story, if you don’t mind me saying. Ouch! And local resident Anna Howell was eating a salad in her back garden when a kite swooped down and helped itself to a bit of smoked mackerel. Only recently, a child in a pram suffered nasty cuts after a kite snatched a custard cream from his hand. Home of the regatta, and that thing where they count all the swans? The very same.īut why? Are these birds avenging something? Mostly they’re scavenging something. Where is this happening? In the remote desert wastes of some faraway land? No, in Henley-on-Thames. We’re talking about the red kite – a bird of prey from the same family as buzzards and harriers – attacking people. She’s in love with the written word.Appearance: From above, as if out of nowhere.Īre people getting tangled up in the strings, or what? Kite as in bird, not as in kite. She connects with her neighbors through Artful, her blog about arts and culture in the Upper Valley. Her freelance business, The Next Word, includes literary and feature writing her work has appeared in a variety of lit mags and other publications including Art New England, The Woven Tale Press, The Arts Fuse, and Persimmon Tree. ![]() Apel shuttered a lifelong career as a law professor to continue an interest (since kindergarten) in writing. Welcome! You’re reading Artful, a blog about arts and culture in the Upper Valley, and I hope you’ll subscribe and then share this with your friends and on your social media.Īnd in case you are wondering. Not to mention that their caramels are insanely good. Support a local business that sent its candy to hospital workers during the worst of the pandemic. Additionally, we have a la carte items for your own customizations. ![]() We will have specialty sundaes including, "The Red Kite" (caramel sauce with toffee), and "The 'Snickers'", which has chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, and peanuts. Ice cream flavors are hard-serve vanilla and chocolate, with our toppings. Red Kite Candy will be offering ice cream with our own toppings Friday and Saturday the 25th and 26th of June from 12-7pm at our Hanover location (5 South St). ![]() This weekend, if you are a fan of Red Kite’s confections, you can drop by the store for a pop-up style event and indulge yourself with-what else?-ice cream. They also envisioned being able to offer some specialty items and to stage events at the store’s location. When locally-owned Red Kite Candy moved into its new location in downtown Hanover NH ( click here for an earlier story about them), owners Elaine and Mike McCabe were excited to have a retail space to sell their goods. ![]()
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