I'm from mid Wales originally - mum still lives there - and red kites are making a good comeback. We see them over the village regularly - which is quite odd because they weren't there when I went off to uni about 15 years ago
Mid Wales was the only place to see a Red Kite up until about 20 years ago. Time was when the only diurnal bird of prey you would see here in East Northants was a Kestrel and the odd Hobby.
Now we can add Red Kite,Buzzard,Sparrowhawk and Peregrine. Possibly Goshawks but its difficult with them being so secretive for a big raptor.
Dove - that's brilliant seeing those Kites so far east!! They make a different sound to Buzzards don't they, just as beautiful though.
It always saddens me. There aren't that many red kites up here as it is. As Dove says, the grouse industry is huge and while I also support that, the negative image often portrayed has to be stamped out.
'Someone' knows exactly what they're doing - and should be held to account.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The money the grouse moors bring in
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm from mid Wales originally - mum still lives there - and red kites are making a good comeback. We see them over the village regularly - which is quite odd because they weren't there when I went off to uni about 15 years ago
They've been increasing in mid Wales - I saw my first one there over the Elan Valley in 1975
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Mid Wales was the only place to see a Red Kite up until about 20 years ago. Time was when the only diurnal bird of prey you would see here in East Northants was a Kestrel and the odd Hobby.
Now we can add Red Kite,Buzzard,Sparrowhawk and Peregrine. Possibly Goshawks but its difficult with them being so secretive for a big raptor.
Dove - that's brilliant seeing those Kites so far east!!
They make a different sound to Buzzards don't they, just as beautiful though.
Some (not all) landowners put pressure on the gamekeepers - they don't need to 'give instructions'.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It always saddens me. There aren't that many red kites up here as it is. As Dove says, the grouse industry is huge and while I also support that, the negative image often portrayed has to be stamped out.
'Someone' knows exactly what they're doing - and should be held to account.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Sadly it's not just in the National Parks etc http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/details.aspx?id=383363
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You speak wisely pansyface. Ultimately its human interests versus nature's and we know which one humans will give priority