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  1. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    Kites on Display Anyone going in to Newcastle in the next few days might be interested in seeing my exhibition : Red Kite Retrospective (and a bit more besides) at Newcastle City Library until Wednesday evening. It's a selection (but by no means all) of the originals and prints I've made since...
  2. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    That's the amazing thing June, I take photos of birds in the garden from the kitchen window and the quality (from no more than 12-15 feet) is terrible. I've taken photos before of Flame in those conifers from outdoors and they've been rubbish. The light from the low early morning sun on Tuesday...
  3. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    Interesting Mick, I was just assuming he was one of the pair that nested on the farm as he's always hereabouts, but I maybe have that wrong. I've passed on more detailed info to Ken anyway and will keep an eye out for any more activity. Cheers Alan M
  4. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    Come in Number 6 . . . . Took these photos of Flame on Tuesday morning, the amazing thing about them is that are taken from the bairn's bedroom window, and haven't turned out bad seeing as they're at 18x zoom through double-glazing with a point and press camera. Just shows what a glorious...
  5. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    Family photos I don't often get the chance to photograph kites (being armed with just a point and press camera and also being a poor photographer in my own right) but was able to snap a couple of perched kites yesterday. WT15 at paddock hill woods (where else?) which would have been a cracking...
  6. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    Thanks for that Mick, very interesting. Doubt I'll ever truly get to the bottom of it but this being the case I'm happy to put it down as a possible black kite, probable escape. (but rest assured I'll be checking every kite I see for a while) Thanks too for your input June, very much...
  7. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    June, do you know of an abberant plumaged red kite locally. I was at Lockhaugh last Thursday and saw a kite without white wing patches, only realising today that if not an odd red kite it was most likely a black kite. It was soaring with two other kites and was noticeably smaller too, I...
  8. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    cheers June, hadn't looked in on the website in a while, a mine of information:t: A.
  9. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    Any recent news on E3 (was it Bobby Nostrils?) the chick featured on the programme. Great little item by the way. A.
  10. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    Just back from a week in Dumfries and Galloway (a bit of a busmans holiday with all the red kites around up there) so got my first sighting of some of the 'class of 2010' today with two pristine juvs soaring in the sunshine over the village along with two very ragged looking adults. Only one of...
  11. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    Ziggy - A personal obituary I am particularly saddened by this latest piece of news, having been present at the release of Ziggy back in 2005, though she only flew a few yards into the trees above us, allowing me to take the attached photo. Since then I've followed her fortunes as my own...
  12. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    Crackin' photo that June, though I can't really tell whats going on. Have had messages saying its quite common behaviour and in other species of raptor too, mostly territorial disputes in spring but can be seen any time of year. Just shows there's always something new to discover, you live and...
  13. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    Strange behaviour? Hi June, living at the centre of red kite country as I do, I thought I’d seen it all, but on going out the back this morning I was greeted by the sight of two kites tumbling out of the sky just beyond the row of houses over the back lane (maybe 30-35 yds in front of me)...
  14. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    Northern Kites on TV Animal 24:7 this morning showed a piece from the end of the project last summer. Don't know if it's a repeat or not but I hadn't seen it before. Here is the link if anyone wants to view on BBCi, the article concerned starts 15 mins 40 secs in and last about 6 mins...
  15. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    Just had first evidence of Autumn roosts gathering pace tonight, nine kites drifted over the village shortly before 8pm, probably from a pre-roost gathering at Sherburn Twrs Farm, heading towards Gibside for the night, (unless they were just going there to see the Voulez Vous concert which was...
  16. Mouldy

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    Congrats on the official launch June, I’m sure you’ll receive plenty of support locally, the official Northern Kites Project may be coming to an end but the kites themselves are thriving hereabouts, so Keith and the team (and all the volunteers of course) should be applauded for leaving the...
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