A few weeks ago I was privileged to be taken to a Red Kite nesting site under schedule one licence with my old buddy Stephen Carter.
It's one of the happier stories in conservation of how the Red Kite is starting to spread out over our wooded valleys, a lot mainly due to reintroduction programs.
We did see one of the adults out hunting before we got to the site but I was to slow with the camera to get a decent shot, but here's an adult Red Kite I photographed at a different location.
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adult red kite
When we arrived at the site there were two nearly full grown chicks in the nest and they both looked very healthy and well fed. Steve took some photos for me again under his schedule 1 licence and then we both left to leave them in peace.
red kite chick at the nest
second chick
both youngsters
It was great to be taken to and to see first hand the nest site and knowing that Red Kites after years of being absent from our Wooded Valleys are now doing well and will hopefully spread out even further across the country to the levels where they should be.
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