Red Kites

cd07

Anyone hear if any of the Kites released in Dublin attempted to breed this year? This is their second summer so maybe some of them at least attempted it!

Stallingrad

Not sure buy saw my first one in Wicklow yesterday.

Birdnuts

That info is usually announced on the Golden eagle website in early autumn once all the chicks have fledged

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Birdnuts wrote: »

That info is usually announced on the Golden eagle website in early autumn once all the chicks have fledged

Absolutely correct and proper. Nest sites will neither be confirmed nor discussed until safe.

cd07

Completely agree! I wouldnt have thought they would breed successfully for another year anyway, but heres hoping for good news in the future! thanks for the replies.

cruizer101

Just wanted to post to say I saw a Kite today, this seems to be most recent thread about them. I got quite excited when I spotted it, big bird, didn't know what it was til a bit of googling but pretty certain now as i definitly remeber the v notch shaped tail. Spotted in skerries, north county dublin, he was coming from direction of sea and I think I spotted him again circling over a nearby field of allotments.

Desmo

cruizer101 wrote: »

Just wanted to post to say I saw a Kite today, this seems to be most recent thread about them. I got quite excited when I spotted it, big bird, didn't know what it was til a bit of googling but pretty certain now as i definitly remeber the v notch shaped tail. Spotted in skerries, north county dublin, he was coming from direction of sea and I think I spotted him again circling over a nearby field of allotments.

You see them very regularly around there. On a sunny day, you can see mixed groups of buzzards and kites, soaring in circles. From a distance, they are roughly similar in size and shape but the notch in the tail is easy to see.

cameramonkey

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.547345111990073.1073741847.144404808950774&type=1

Photos of Red Kites being tagged in Wikla.

I see that the highest number wing tag is 60, does anyone know if this mean there were at least 60 Red Kite chicks tagged this year ?

dodderangler

Castiel Jolly Stock wrote: »

Absolutely correct and proper. Nest sites will neither be confirmed nor discussed until safe.

Shouldn't be confirmed or discussed safe or not full stop.

golfwallah

Have seen a single red kite on two occasions in June this year, flying at just over tree height over Balcarrick & Donabate Golf Courses.

Have also seen buzzards, much more frequently, hovering at much greater height around the same area.

Also saw a pair of red kites flying through the trees along the road whilst driving on Hearse Road towards Donabate about a year ago. Up close, they are a formidable looking bird.

Have never seen red kites hovering, as reported by other posters. Any time I've seen them they have been actively flying (i.e. flapping their wings with some gliding), whereas buzzards seem to do as little wing flapping as possible and mostly glide and hover, after some initial flying. But then I've only been watching out for kites since I read of their release in Newbridge Park about 2 years ago.

golfwallah

Saw a red kite today on the R125 about a mile from Kettles Hotel towards Ashbourne. It was flying / gliding just over tree height - very distinct with its forked tail.

cameramonkey

Any news on how many red kite chicks fledged this year in Wicklow, Dublin and up North?

Capercaillie

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-33372784
Red Kite shot in Co.Down:(:(
No end

Desmo

jayzes; that is dire; here we go again
They are not exactly very hard to shoot either when they hover around

cameramonkey

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1099280560129856&id=144404808950774

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1097143873676858&id=144404808950774

The kites in Wicklow seem to be doing very well. Lets hope the same for the North Dublin and Down Kites.

fred funk }{

cameramonkey wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1099280560129856&id=144404808950774

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1097143873676858&id=144404808950774

The kites in Wicklow seem to be doing very well. Lets hope the same for the North Dublin and Down Kites.

They're a daily sight these days. Great to see.

Discodog

Capercaillie wrote: »

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-33372784
Red Kite shot in Co.Down:(:(
No end

I lived near a UK release site. Most of the farmers were OK but there were a few. I recorded a video of the Kites feeding on Earthworms in a ploughed field & ignoring the lambs nearby.