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  2. Red kite - Wikipedia

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    Red Kite at Bwlch Nant yr Arian, Wales, a local feeding ground. The red kite (Milvus milvus) is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. The species currently breeds only in Europe, though it formerly also bred in west Asia and northwest Africa.

  3. Why you should admire red kites but not feed them - AOL

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  4. List of birds of Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    Red kite (Milvus milvus) A & C – resident breeder and widespread introductions Black kite (Milvus migrans) A – scarce migrant White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) A & C – resident breeder; reintroduction projects underway and ongoing Rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus) A – winter visitor Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

  5. List of birds of England - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the bird species recorded in England.The avifauna of England include a total of 625 species, of which 14 have been introduced by humans.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of British Ornithologists' Union (BOU).

  6. Kite (bird) - Wikipedia

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    The kite causes the sea and sky to go to war, and after the war, land is formed, allowing the kite to finally land and build a nest. In Bushongo mythology , Chedi Bumba (third son of the god M'Bombo: the original creator of everything) in his quest to improve upon his father's design; was only able to create the Kite.

  7. Shite-hawk - Wikipedia

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    Although "shite-hawk" originally referred to the black kite in India and elsewhere, and British naturalists Mark Cocker and Richard Mabey explicitly note that the "red kite never suffered the indignity of its relative's nickname", [3] in recent years, following the successful reintroduction of the red kite into Scotland and England during the ...

  8. Fineshade Wood - Wikipedia

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    Fineshade is known for its population of red kites, and a Red Kite Centre was opened there in 2001. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It also has adders and other reptiles as well as scarce breeding birds including nightingale , nightjar , woodcock , grasshopper warbler , tree pipit , marsh and willow tits .

  9. Biodiversity of Wales - Wikipedia

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    Red kite (Milvus milvus) About 430 species of birds have been found in Wales. Red kites and ospreys are some "signature species" of Wales. Dippers, choughs, puffins, guillemots, razorbills, short-eared owls, Manx shearwaters, whimbrel and plovers are also common. [9]