Thread: Red Kite re-introduction
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Old 21-09-2008, 08:00 PM
Alison Rowe Alison Rowe is offline
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Re: Red Kite re-introduction
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Originally Posted by Roy C View Post
Yesterday I saw and 'snapped' a Red Kite near Barnstaple in North Devon - the tags on the birds wings indicate that it was a 2005 released bird from the chillterns. This means that the bird has wandered about 200 mile I guess. Is this unusual as I read somewhere that these re-introduced birds do not roam far from the release place.

Roy C
We are about 40 miles south of Barnstaple and I saw a Red Kite today - yours I wonder?
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