Spreading and could soon be at a place near you. Is being persecuted and illegally poisoned, but the population is increasing and Sadly, even today, despite its special protection status, this elegant bird Of the conservation programme has been to reintroduce young birds in to several Outstanding conservation effort of several conservation bodies. When just one pair were successfully breeding in Mid-Wales, owing to the The Red Kite has recovered from the brink of extinction around the 1930s, Widely in the autumn and then return in the spring. Breeding Startsīritish Red Kites are mainly sedentary though juvenile birds disperse The young are independent about 80 days from hatching. Both adults feed the young birds once their first feathers haveĭeveloped. The female does most of the incubating and brooding, and the male brings herįood. The nest is constructed from twigs and mud,Īnd usually decorated with rubbish including rags and polythene bags. Nest is usually in a tall tree and is built by the female from materialīrought to the site by the male. Red Kites are woodland birds of hilly areas with nearby open spaces. Red Kite’s nest is usually placed in tree, between 12 and 15 metres above the ground. The same nest-site is reused year after year, and may size about ten kilometres in diameter. In urban areas they will scavenge at refuse tips and also visit gardens where Accipitriforme Order Accipitridae Family. Live prey, such as birds, small mammals and invertebrates like earthworms, byĭiving from the air or dropping on to the prey from a perch. The diet is chiefly carrion, but they will also kill Your browser does not support the audio element. Site Map Album Info Quiz Shop Links About Bird Guide Barn Owl Blackbird Blackcap Black-headed Gull Black Redstart Blue Tit Brambling Bullfinch Buzzard Carrion Crow Chaffinch Chiffchaff Coal Tit Collared Dove Common Gull Coot Crested Tit Crossbill Cuckoo Dunnock Feral Pigeon Fieldfare Garden Warbler Goldcrest Goldfinch Goshawk Great Black-backed Gull Great Spotted Woodpecker Great Tit Greenfinch Green Woodpecker Grey Heron Grey Partridge Grey Wagtail Hawfinch Herring Gull Hoopoe House Martin House Sparrow Jackdaw Jay Kestrel Kingfisher Lapwing Lesser Black-backed Gull Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Lesser Whitethroat Linnet Little Owl Long-eared Owl Long-tailed Tit Magpie Mallard Marsh Tit Meadow Pipit Mistle Thrush Moorhen Nightingale Nuthatch Peregrine Pheasant Pied Flycatcher Pied Wagtail Quail Raven Red Kite Red-legged Partridge Redpoll Redstart Redwing Reed Bunting Ring-necked Parakeet Robin Rook Sand Martin Serin Short-eared Owl Siskin Skylark Song Thrush Sparrowhawk Spotted Flycatcher Starling Stock Dove Stonechat Swallow Swift Tawny Owl Treecreeper Tree Sparrow Turtle Dove Waxwing Whinchat Whitethroat Willow Tit Willow Warbler Wood Pigeon Wren Yellow Wagtail Yellowhammer
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