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Today should mark a turning point in the history of our birds of prey: it is the day that we are all reminded that the illegal killing of birds of prey must stop. At a ceremony in London, over 200,000 pledges of support, gathered by the RSPB, were handed to Huw Irranca-Davies, the UK Government’s...

Exactly 150 years ago, in 1859, when Charles Darwin wrote On the Origin of Species, the countryside around his Kent home would have looked much the same as it does today. However, the father of evolutionary science would probably find it incredible to realise the number of changes which have taken...

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...

The last few days have really shown how diverse (and great) my job can be. On Friday myself and some local members of the Raptor Study Group attached the remaining birds with radio transmitters and wingtags so they are ready for release. Yesterday I had a lovely walk up to the cages in the sunshine...

You can always tell when things are busy with the kites as I usually forget to blog! Over the last couple of weeks we've started to release birds which is always really satisfying. Although I've seen nearly 70 young kite taste freedom for the first time I'm always a little nervous when...