:news: :news: :news: :news: :news:salty said:cheers June, im out tomorrow for a little kite searching of my own, i hope the weather is OK for it.
Gill Osborne said:Fabulous news June :clap:
I'm planning on driving down to look for them sometime in the next fortnight when Neil has a day off - sure he'd love to see them too. Will be a HUGE adventure for me as I've never ventured south of the Tyne before!!! :eek!:
Incidentally there's a fab article about the NE Kites in the latest BBC Wildlife ( September 2005 on sale today) on pages 60-61.
Gill
Mouldy said:For anyone interested in an update on the first year released birds, the Red Kite section on www.gatesheadbirders.co.uk has an excellent summary of all the birds comings and goings up to August.
PS was at Far Pasture today, around a dozen Kites present plus two Common Buzzards soaring around with them for over half an hour. :flyaway:
Mouldy said:For anyone interested in an update on the first year released birds, the Red Kite section on www.gatesheadbirders.co.uk has an excellent summary of all the birds comings and goings up to August.
PS was at Far Pasture today, around a dozen Kites present plus two Common Buzzards soaring around with them for over half an hour. :flyaway:
salty said:i keep hearing of reports of buzzards in with the kites, hope they eventually settle here at some point - we could really do with a few buzzard around, there is plenty of food, and nest sites wouldnt be a problem.
Chris Monk said:With the East Midlands Kites we've found that as the numbers of Kites has increased so have the numbers of Buzzards. From memory this occurred in the Chilterns reintroduction area too.
In the early mornings before the Kites are about you often see only Buzzards. Perhaps Kites are late risers...
Chris Monk said:In the early mornings before the Kites are about you often see only Buzzards. Perhaps Kites are late risers...
StevieEvans said:Any guesses as to how long it might take a Gateshead Kite to fly home from Teesdale......?
SE.
No, kites are not late risers, at least not around here anyway.Chris Monk said:In the early mornings before the Kites are about you often see only Buzzards. Perhaps Kites are late risers...
I suspect this is a myth about these apparantly late starts.salty said:the red kite is a late starter, i have noticed they dont really come out much early AM, usually it can be 10am on wards when they are out and soaring about, later on bad days.
Mouldy said:Red Kites in Gateshead continue to attract other raptor species. Yesterday from mid-afternoon at Far Pasture I recorded 2 x Common Buzzard, plus single Peregrine, Kestrel and Sparrowhawk along with 1-4 Kites in view almost constantly in the hour and a half I was there.
Have put full report on the Gateshead 'Local Patch' thread.