It's a species that previously came close to national extinction.
Janette Shields took this photo of a red kite near her home in Hanwood
In 1986, the RSPB joined with the NCC to boost the population, and over the following decade, the partnership brought more than 100 birds over from Spain, Sweden and Germany.By 1993, numbers had increased to 100 breeding pairs in Wales. In 2006, Shropshire saw the first successful breeding in the county for 130 years.
Kites are very shy and legally protected and it is an offence to disturb them, but monitoring is carried out under licence. "I was at university studying biology in the early 1980s and there was great excitement if a sighting of a red kite was reported in the area. I remember having my first good views of one over Borth in the late 90s - such a rarity at the time.
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