Whilst we were still in England on holiday we decided to go to Wales, to the Red Kite feeding station at Gigrin Farm where these beautiful birds are fed once a day.
It was a fantastic day out, watching these beautiful birds so if you are ever in the area make sure you go to this feeding station as it is well worth the trip. You certainly won't regret it if you are a keen bird watcher!
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| Red Kite |
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Red Kite
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Despite being large birds, Red Kites are neither particulary strong, nor aggresive. When hunting live prey, a low gliding flight is employed so that the Kite can search for small movements on the ground, and then it quickly grasps the creature in its talons.
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| Red Kite |
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| Red Kite |
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| Red Kite |
It is however, a predator in that it takes a wide variety of live prey ranging from earthworms to small mammals, amphibians and birds.
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| Red Kites |
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| Red Kite |
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| Red KIte |
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| Common Buzzard |
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| Red Kite ,Common Buzzard and Ravens |
A Kite has excellent eye sight and they use this when over flying the countryside in search of food.
An especially good hunting ground for the Red Kite, and a host of other predators, is the land between the valley bottom and lower slopes, and open hill tops. Here there is often bracken, gorse and heather sheltering great numbers of rabbits, voles, moles, and field mice.
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| Red Kite |
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| Common Buzzard |
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| Red Kite |
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| Red Kite |
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| Red Kite |
Spectacular day overall, very memorable.
We hope you enjoyed these photos, so until our next outing... Goodbye for now!
