i got lucky, at times they were dicing literally overhead. i'm not sure it's a fully grown kite; they can grow to a wingspan of over 5 foot, so the difference in size can be even more marked. it was missing a tail feather, clear in the photo here, so perhaps a crow had previously scored a point against it.View attachment 13921
that crow looks like a hard bastard.
Where roughly would you be seeing these Kites? In Ireland?
You could sometimes tell if birds are young from plumage. Dunno how you could tell if it was fully grown, is it a Red Kite yeah? Red kite - Wikipedia
I saw some class of an eagle with a decent sized snake hanging out of it's tallons flying over my allotment last week. I never get tired of them. Class animals.