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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlanCh" data-source="post: 1600848" data-attributes="member: 79802">You are most likely to be right, although I suspect the birds I see over my house are likely to be prospecting juveniles, and so i suppose they are natives by now. Weardley, where I saw the Merlin, is where I go most often to watch Red Kites, Stand in the right place and you can have 5 or 6 flying over your head within a few minutes - they seem to be very curious. I'm not surprised that some of your northern kites have deserted you. I was told by one of the Yorkshire Water guys involved that soon after the early releases on the edge of the Harewood Estate, one bird was tracked from Yorkshire to the Chilterns - and back - in a couple of days.You will be delighted to know that the kites are back over Beckett's Park - the cemetery they have bred in is not far up the Otley Road. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>