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[Chris Monk]

Red Kite web sites

For your information please find below an English Nature publication that will give you some idea of what has been happening with the reintroduction of the Red Kite (Milvus milvus) in England and Scotland together with the growth of the Welsh population over the last twenty years or so:

http://www.english-nature.org.uk/pubs/publication/PDF/Redkite.pdf

You could also visit this web site run by the Welsh Kite Trust. It provides details of the status of the Red Kite in all of the reintroduction areas in England and Scotland as well as the remnant population in Wales:

http://www.gigrin.co.uk/w/index.htm

Here is a link to a web site that covers the latest Red Kite reintroduction area in England near Gateshead to the west of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the north-east of that country :

http://www.northernkites.org.uk/news.htm

Galloway Kite Trail web site to support this on-the-ground experience:

http://www.gallowaykitetrail.com/index.html

This newspaper article tells of the money that tourists using the Galloway Kite Trail spend in a year in that part of Scotland:

http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=1283242006

Polish Eagle Conservation Committee Red Kite page:

http://eagle.free.ngo.pl/kania_ruda.htm

RSPB Red Kite page:

http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/r/redkite/index.asp

Gigrin Farm feeding station page:

http://www.gigrin.co.uk/

Wikipedia Red Kite page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Kite

Red Kite Safaris site:

http://www.redkitesafaris.co.uk/

Yorkshire Red Kite Project:

http://www.nature.harrogate.net/features/redkite.htm

BBC Mid-Wales Red Kite page:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/wildlife/pages/red_kite.shtml

Birdguides Red Kite page:

http://www.birdguides.com/html/vidlib/species/Milvus_milvus.htm

Yorkshire Water Red Kite pdf:

http://www.yorkshirewater.com/resources/files/82_redkite.pdf

Red Kite feeding station at Llanddeusant, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, Wales:

http://www.redkiteswales.co.uk/intro.html

BBC Red Kite page:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/235.shtml

The Zoological Society of London's guide to helping Red Kites:

http://www.zsl.org/field-conservation/uk-native-species/helping-red-kites,566,AR.html

 

[Chris Monk]

Book on the Red Kite

The Red Kite by Ian Carter, Arlequin Press ISBN: 1900159619

 

[Chris Monk]

Red Kite images

Kite near Corby, Northamptonshire, England photo:

http://www.birdguides.com/pictures/default.asp?v=1&f=134407

Gerry Whitlow's web site:

http://www.hyelms.com/

Finnish web site:

http://jtenovuo.1g.fi/kuvat/10+p%E4...2C+falcons%2C+owls/isohaarahaukka+-+red+kite/

Another Finnish site:

http://www.birdphoto.fi/lajikuvat/milmil/index.php

A BBC wallpaper:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?i...=/images?q=red+kite&gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&sa=G

Red Kite feeding in flight:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?i...=/images?q=red+kite&gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&sa=G

 

[craigthirlwell]

The central scotland feeding station

www.argatyredkites.co.uk

 

[Chris Monk]

The central scotland feeding station

www.argatyredkites.co.uk

Thanks Craig. My mistake in missing them off the list.

 

[Chris Monk]

Kites take the stage at Doune

http://icperthshire.icnetwork.co.uk...objectid=18698002&siteid=88886-name_page.html

 

[Chris Monk]

Photographer Mike Read

A Red Kite Photographer with his work appearing in several books and magazines:

http://www.mikeread.co.uk/

 

[Chris Monk]

Northern Kite's thread on Birdforum

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=35895

Sorry for missing off you long-running thread June! :loveme:

 

[June Atkinson]

more info

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=35895

Sorry for missing off your long-running thread June! :loveme:

Please include Helen Olive's new site www.redkites.net

 

[Chris Monk]

Please include Helen Olive's new site www.redkites.net

Thanks for the reminder June! :hi: www.redkites.net

 

[Chris Monk]

Wing tags are used in all the red kite release areas in the UK. The left wing tag colour refers to the release area while the right wing tag colour refers to the year of release. Kites are exploring areas around the UK, therefore if a kite is sighted it is possible it could be from any area and can be identified by the following wing tag combinations:

Area Scheme Code

Tag Colour (left wing) Wing Tag Year Code Tag Colour (right wing)


Wales------ Black------ 1998---- Lime green
Chilterns------ Yellow---- 1999---- Black
Northamptonshire----White---- 2000---- Pink
Yorkshire------ Orange---- 2001---- Blue
Central Scotland-----Red------ 2002----- White
Dumf. & Gall.------ Green----- 2003---- Red
North Scotland------Blue---- 2004---- Yellow
NE England------ Pink------ 2005---- Orange
NE England------ Pink---- 2006---- Lime green
NE England----- Pink------ 2007---- Purple

Wing tags also have unique numbers or letters. Some kites may have no wing tags indicating they are 'wild birds' and could be from any area.