A common sound to be heard whenever children visit relatives, but equally true for our kite chicks. Seeing them every day, you don't appreciate how quickly they are growing in size, but having just come back from 4 days off the increase was quite apparent. Already the two larger chicks are starting to get darker flight feathers poking through the white down. The smallest chick is still entirely in white but it can't be much longer before it too starts to get the first trappings of adulthood.
Visitors to the centre this weekend will find more than just the kites to look at. We will be holding a 'Springwatch Weekend', where you can try out wildlife watching and see if you will be the next Kate Humble or Bill Oddie. There will be wildlife watching classes on both days, a dawn chorus walk on the Sunday and a demonstration of binoculars and telescopes on the same day. Well worth a visit!