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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel Martin" data-source="post: 1845769" data-attributes="member: 3038">And for the colour blind amongst us!!? not much you can do I guess....We get sporadic sightings in Derbyshire and we are anticipating breeding soon....not really sure why the Peak District hasnt got going yet as its such superb habitat and there is definately plenty of room.Persecution may be an issue in the north of the county, along with all other raptors, unfortunately.A birder I know who does trips to Scotland every year was only saying last week that numbers on the route they use have reduced every year to the point this year that they struggled to get any.....is persecution to blame here to?And finally, when we went for the Azorean Gull near Oxford in the winter, we were amazed to record Red Kite seemingly roosting with the gulls in the field!</blockquote>