With the bright and sunny days that we had in early-September a lot of the newly released red kites left the area immediately around the release site and headed off for an explore. The fun since then has been in trying to find them!
Whilst down at the Scottish Red Kite Meeting this week though a couple found us! At Argaty Red Kites in amongst the 25 or so red kites that waiting for feeding time were two Aberdeen birds. We saw Stinky Pete (28) sitting in a dead tree and heard newly released 49 using the radio transceiver. 49 had also been seen at the weekend, feeding on worms in the fields.
I'm so pleased that our birds have found a great new place to hang out. Argaty now has a warm visitor centre with very welcome hot chocolate!