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Friday, 17 October 2008
Autumn kites
Posted by jennylennon
With all of the excitement of this year new chicks, sometimes I think the original birds from last year can be a bit forgotten. Today, though, I had great views of red kite 30, released in July 2007. Somehow kite 30 has ended up without a name, and today...
Friday, 10 October 2008
Off on their travels again
Posted by jennylennon
With the bright and sunny days that we had in early-September a lot of the newly released red kites left the area immediately around the release site and headed off for an explore. The fun since then has been in trying to find them! Whilst down at the...
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Hasn't time (and red kites) flown?
Posted by jennylennon
A rather belated blog this time! In the weeks since our last posting, much has happened with the Aberdeen Red Kites. After a final flourish of growing all of the birds had their radio transmitters fitted and were released by the 1 August. We had lots...
Friday, 18 July 2008
They just keep growing!
Posted by jennylennon
We've now had some of the red kite chicks for six weeks, so we're getting ready to let them go. They've all pretty much finished growing and although they weigh the same as when they arrived, their wingspans' are an impressive 5ft! All...
Wednesday, 9 July 2008
Squirrel security!
Posted by jennylennon
Now we have the full batch of this years kite chicks we're getting into the swing of getting all of their food ready. This year the chicks are mainly being fed on grey squirrels that the Forestry Commission are trapping around Aberdeen. They are perfect...
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