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Red Kites (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Hummer
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Hi Hummer,
In 1999 the RSPB,Yorkshire Water and the Harewood Estate set up a release scheme for red kites based in the grounds of Harewood House. They used continental birds and released 20 birds every year for 4 years. The scheme has been a great success as the first wild bred bird was logged in the second year of the scheme, the number of birds now being over a hundred. Sadly there have been casualties, at least one bird has been poisoned, another bird's corpse was found in too poor a state to be able to ascertain cause of death.
In North Leeds where I live it isn't unusual to see birds over the fields and woods. A pair of birds set up territory in the Yorkshire Wolds and it is believed that one of the Yorkshire birds actually turned up in Wales a couple of years ago.
There are other release schemes underway in the hope that before long there will be nationwide coverage and a healthy self sustaining population.
In 1999 the RSPB,Yorkshire Water and the Harewood Estate set up a release scheme for red kites based in the grounds of Harewood House. They used continental birds and released 20 birds every year for 4 years. The scheme has been a great success as the first wild bred bird was logged in the second year of the scheme, the number of birds now being over a hundred. Sadly there have been casualties, at least one bird has been poisoned, another bird's corpse was found in too poor a state to be able to ascertain cause of death.
In North Leeds where I live it isn't unusual to see birds over the fields and woods. A pair of birds set up territory in the Yorkshire Wolds and it is believed that one of the Yorkshire birds actually turned up in Wales a couple of years ago.
There are other release schemes underway in the hope that before long there will be nationwide coverage and a healthy self sustaining population.
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aythya_hybrid
real name Jonathan Dean
Keith Dickinson said:
Excellent. I didn't realise the Yorks Red Kite project was that extensive/successful.
Chris Monk
Well-known member
Welsh Kite Trust and 2005 breeding figures
Try the Welsh Kite Trust site for info on Kites in GB:
http://www.gigrin.co.uk/w/index.htm
At the bottom of the opening page they have numbers of breeding pairs of Red Kites for 2005.
aythya_hybrid said:
Try the Welsh Kite Trust site for info on Kites in GB:
http://www.gigrin.co.uk/w/index.htm
At the bottom of the opening page they have numbers of breeding pairs of Red Kites for 2005.
Marmot
Well-known member
Hummer not sure if you have heard the news about one of the Northern Red Kites (Gateshead Area ) named Scarlet and one of the male Harewood ones who appear to be "dating". Scarlet left this area quite a few months ago and found her love.
Have a read of the thread - its 9 pages long at present but very interesting reading. June Atkinson is a volunteer on the project and gives us some really detailed information on this...that is how we found out about Scarlet and her long distance flight to find love.
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=35895&page=1&pp=25
Have a read of the thread - its 9 pages long at present but very interesting reading. June Atkinson is a volunteer on the project and gives us some really detailed information on this...that is how we found out about Scarlet and her long distance flight to find love.
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=35895&page=1&pp=25
