Feel free to send us your pics and comments to: williamsonclive@yahoo.com
We are members of the following societies and clubs and particularly welcome contact with fellow members: Welsh Kite Trust West Midland Bird Club Shropshire Ornithological Society Worcestershire Wildlife Trust Deeside Wild Life Trust Wetland & Wildfowl Trust BTO Garden Bird Watch BTO Bird Track BTO Atlas Project Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Red Kites: Sheila says: “I have ‘adopted’ a Red Kite and would like to hear from anyone spotting this bird.” The Kite can be identified by the wings tags..........black, purple N6 (see below with its sibling)
Kite Wing Tags: The colour of the tag on the left wing denotes the area in which they were marked/released and the colour on the right wing denotes the year in which it fledged. On a perched bird only one side may be visible so a small bar of colour at the bottom of the tag informs the observer of the colour of the tag on the opposite wing.
Above: Fledgling ‘N6’ from 2007. Tagged at a Shropshire nest, one of several proving the spread of the Welsh ‘flock’ into the English border counties. For more info on Red Kite wing tags and how to report your sightings go to the Welsh Kite Trust at: http://www.gigrin.co.uk/redkitetags-explained.html
