Kites in Changing Landscapes

Click image to enlarge. Compiled: Rebecca Banks.

You just have to look at the contrast in visibility between the Hunting Aerial Survey image from the 1950s and a Google Earth image dated 16 June 2004 to see plainly the importance of historic aerial photography for survey purposes. These three kites (numbered 334, 346 and 348) have all but been erased by the agricultural production in this region.