We've really enjoyed the fantastic suggestions that have come in to our competition to name our young red kites (wingtags 70 and 71). The chicks themselves are still coming back occasionally to the nest. Mum (25) was on the nest on Friday evening preening herself.
Those of you who have been to the nest camera CCTV will have noticed the large amounts of wool on the nest. Red kites are experts at nest decoration and this year the Aberdeenshire nests have contained a variety of weird and wonderful items. We've had a lot of sheeps wool, foam from car seats, rags, bale-wrap and several kinds of gloves. Elsewhere in the UK more exotic items have been found!