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 of great press coverage of this year's releases, with fantastic pictures in the local papers. The birds themselves aren't too bothered by the media interest, and all flew away from their cages with the graceful strong flight we have become accustomed to.
Most birds have remained fairly local; some still coming into the food we have been putting out, while others have been joining up with last year's birds and integrating well to the Aberdeen population.
Next blog will be a bit of an update on last year's birds, with old favorites like Millie and Stinky Pete! In the mean time if you are lucky enough to see one of the Aberdeen Red Kites we would love to here about it at aberdeenredkites@rspb.org.uk or through the comments pages.