WELSH KITE TRUST NEWS

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An interesting piece of research on urban kites! See. www.bou.org.uk/red-kites-back-in-town/

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-twist-in-tale-red-kites-are-back-in.html

Tony Cross has ringed and tagged over 50 young kites in Shropshire and outlying areas from the core population in Mid Wales and a number of kestrel broods including some in the new boxes put up b...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2015/07/kite-work-this-season.html

The Tregaron Xmas Fair was another opportunity to sell kite Trust Xmas cards and 'Stuffie' (see previous post) accompanied me for a marathon 2pm to 8pm session in the refurbished Memorial Hall*...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/12/if-i-had-pound.html

Jenny Tillotson,President of Tregaron WI, kindly allowed the Trust to sell some Xmas cards at the fortnightly WI market in the Memorial hall Tregaron and 'Stuffie' the flying kite came along to...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/11/not-usual-flight-path.html

Tadcaster police and the RSPB are appealing for information after a Red Kite  was poisoned in the area. The bird was found at Toulston Polo Ground, Tadcaster in October 2012, by a member of th...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/09/welsh-kite-poisoned-in-yorkshire.html

THE KITE TRUST NEEDS TO SELL QUITE A FEW XMAS CARDS THIS AUTUMN!  IF ANYONE OUT THERE LIVES IN WEST WALES IDEALLY WITHIN REACH OF ABERYSTWYTH,TREGARON OR RHYADER AND WOULD LIKE TO HELP US PLEASE...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/09/help-needed.html

At the moment kite watchers are anxiously checking the nests for chicks.  Most are quite small being a late season and on my patch a couple of regularly successful pairs have failed at a late st...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/06/back-to-kites.html

Gareth Jones, mammal expert and tag reader spotted a single tagged kite among a dozen or so hunting over  freshly cut silage : PURPLE on the LEFT wing ! White on the right. T6 was the code. My o...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/06/scottish-kite-nr-aber.html

We have just returned from Hungary and these pics of a red footed falcon and kestrel colony are to show what is possible if you book a unique photo hide tour with Eco...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/06/unashamed-advert-for-hungarian.html

2 tags read on Monday in a valley near TalyBont: V5 white and 72 dark blue.

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/06/tagged-kites.html

Visiting a very long established nest site in a valley with at least 3 pairs in close proximity, one of the landowners told me her regular kite visitor for scraps during the icy conditions of the...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/04/purple-55.html

A beautiful morning here in west Wales ( although the ground is frozen and that east wind is still blowing) so I ventured onto my Kite patch to view some courtship and cruising over the lambing p...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/03/you-never-know-what-you-might-see.html

COUNTING KITES With the cold weather putting stop to most activities, a trip to Gigrin seemed to be in order to check on the number of Kites visiting, and to try and read as many wing-tags a...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/03/kites-at-gigrin.html

Bri is 168cm The road from Pontrhydfendigaid to Aber is not very busy so traffic flies along relying on an empty road only this time there was something in the way...a red kite.  This pic is t...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/03/sad-find.html

Greg and Lisa, RSPB wardens on Ramsey Island off the coast of Pembrokeshire,have just reported a blue/white tagged kite on the island.  This will be one of the 2011 chicks from Wales but without...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/03/irish-kite-on-ramsey-island.html

A walk around Tyn y Craig plantation to view the Ystwyth valley from above brought me adjacent to a small upland mire being contested by a pair of buzzards and a pair of kites.  Fortunately they...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/03/kite-tag.html

The Welsh Kite Trust was pleased and honoured to host the annual meeting of the UK and Ireland Red Kite Co-ordination Group last Thursday at the Brynafon Hotel adjacent to Gigrin Farm, Rhyader.Â...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-welsh-kite-trust-was-pleased-and.html

Just had a call from Chris Griffiths of Montgomeryshire Barn Owl Group who informed me that one of its members, Rowland Pugh, watched a Goshawk take a Red Kite clean out of the sky at Tre'ddol ne...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2013/01/that-aint-helpful.html

After over 12 months in captivity leucistic kite Black/White J6 was finally released from Gigrin Farm early this morning having been cared for by a multitude of people. Special thanks to...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2012/11/another-leucistic-kite-on-loose.html

Not every day I see a kite on the beach but this one at Llanon, Cardigan Bay, is a regular. Still looks a little strange with this background! A more typical pose is on the new 2012 Xmas card:...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2012/11/kite-at-sea.html

Took my brother and his kids over to see the kites been fed at Gigrin last Thursday. Whilst sat in the hides watching the hundreds of birds diving in for food he expressed amazement at how they n...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2012/10/kite-vs-buzzard.html

We have a new longevity record for a Welsh ringed kite, at 8,723 days or about six weeks under 24 years. HT27208 was ringed as a single chick in a nest near Ffarmers in Carmarthenshire on 17t...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2012/07/thats-got-to-be-over-100-in-kite-years.html

The previous post relates to an incident on 17th April.  The good news is that the bird has since been released fit and well and the surprise attack has not been repeated...yet!

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2012/04/footnote.html

I FED THE KITES YESTERDAY AT BWLCH NANT YR ARIAN AND WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT OF APPROX 100 HUNGRY BIRDS. THERE ARE SOME CANADA GEESE NESTING ON A TINY ISLAND BETWEEN THE GRASS FEEDING AREA AND...

http://welshkitetrust.blogspot.com/2012/04/canada-goose-attacks-red-kite.html