A red kite carrying what appears to be a sausage roll in its talons has been captured on camera by an amateur photographer.

The bird was spotted flying over Banbury with the savoury snack when Mark Hopkins took the pictures from his back garden in Ruscote.

Hopkins said he was not entirely sure what the kite was holding, but others believed it to be a sausage roll.

"I often see kites gliding above the area and sometimes, if I'm lucky, they are barely above the rooftops," he said.

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