I've been below the radar a bit recently, like many of our adult kites who have gone off to moult and recoup after a busy summer season. But like them also I'm now back and ready for winter!
In the last couple of weeks the kite roosts have come into their own again with up to 20 birds sharing a single tree overnight. This has been a good way of making contact with birds we haven't seen for a while as well as checking up on some of this year's youngsters. On Sunday evening I had great views of purple/pink 70 (Don) who was one of the young stars of the VSA Easter Anguston Farm CCTV over the summer.
Dee and Don are the only young birds from 2009 that have been named so far as the rest will be allocated to schools over the winter. In the mean time below is a list of the tag numbers and names of kites already named. There are few gaps which are for birds that were unaccounted for when the birds were being named. Some have reappeared and remained un-named!
Released in 2007:
- 01
- 02 - Annie Hope
- 03 - Oscar
- 04 - Deretik
- 05 - Advokite
- 06 - Sirius
- 07 - Phoenix
- 08 - Ellen
- 09 - Fairview
- 10 - Lottie
- 11 - Lucky Eleven
- 12 - Mithradites
- 13 - Treekid
- 14 - Red Dave
- 15
- 16 - Anguston
- 17
- 18 - Zac
- 19 - Millie
- 20 - Robbie
- 21 - Hansel
- 22 - Echt Happy Chappie
- 23 - Gretal
- 24 - Dunecht Dasher
- 25 - Joycey
- 26 - Rua
- 27 - Kingswells Bullet
- 28 - Stinky Pete
- 29 - Big Tam
- 30
Released in 2008:
- 31
- 32 - Vulcan
- 33 - Theodore
- 34 - Alber
- 35 - Ramdim Star
- 36
- 37 - Nicholas
- 38 - Tango
- 39 - Airo
- 40 - Blazer
- 41 - Northern Light
- 42
- 43
- 44 - Diamond
- 45 - Strawberry
- 46 - Queenie
- 47 - Muirfield Guardian
- 48 - Crombie Rocket
- 49 - Tiki
- 50 - Scarlett
- 51
- 52
- 53 - Swoopy
- 54
- 55 - Rudy
- 56 - Red Claze
- 57 - Ketchup of Cromar
- 58 - Red Flash
- 59 - Dusty
- 60 - Fyvie Flyer
Born in 2009: