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The Red Kite Review Kite Red the to Increase His Chances of Successfully Passing on His Genes Phase II, Issue 1 NI RED KITE POPULATION Autumn 2011 CONTINUES TO EXPAND Following the fantastic news last year, breeding attempt by a Northern Irish born when we saw the first red kite chicks to red kite. be born in Northern Ireland in over 200 years take to the skies, we were hopeful that this year the birds could repeat their success and increase the fledgling population of red kites here. At the beginning of the season, nine nest (c) AMcC sites across Co. Down were located and monitoring began, with the help of a small team of dedicated volunteers. Unfortunately the extremely stormy conditions at the end of May caused four (c) CF of the nests to fail and we were left with only five nests to monitor. As 2010 marked the end of the three-year Thankfully the surviving nest sites were release scheme, no birds were released all successful and at the end of June this year, however all eight chicks were when licensed ringers accessed the nests wing-tagged. In line with all red kites to ring and wing-tag the chicks we were born or released in Northern Ireland, they delighted to confirm that the five nests have a chocolate brown tag on their left held a total of eight chicks. This included wing and this year‟s colour is white, so three nests with single chicks, a nest with they received white tags on their right two and a nest with three chicks (pictured wings. Tables showing the colours used right), another first for Northern Ireland. and how we use the wing-tags for monitoring kite movements are shown on We were particularly surprised by the nest page three of this newsletter. with three chicks as the paternal bird is Pink u, who was only born in 2009, so this was his first breeding attempt - well done that man! Hopefully this bodes well and next year we may see the first ERN IRELAND RED KITES Carry on kites - the follow-up! You may remember in the spring newsletter earlier this year, Robert told us about Black Y or Jasper and his apparent separation from Black E. This was surprising as they were successful in raising two chicks in 2010...well, as it turned out all was not as it seemed. This spring it was noted that Jasper was setting up home with Honky (Black H) who‟s previous mate, Black Z, had unfortunately died. About 3 miles away Black E was paired up with an unidentified bird from 2009. In order to confirm the identity of Black E‟s mystery toy boy our nest watchers kept a close eye on the site only to discover that the male bird visiting the nest and feeding the chick was actually Jasper. What was going on? Well, it appears as though his divorce didn‟t come through and he may have set up home with both females, possibly The Red Kite Review Red Kite The to increase his chances of successfully passing on his genes. NEWSLETTER FOR NORTH In this case it paid off for him as, sadly, the nest with Honky failed whereas Black E‟s nest fledged one chick, White 40. As for the paternity of White 40 (pictured left) and whether Jasper or the unidentified 2009 bird is the father...I‟m afraid (c) KC that‟s a matter for Gerry Springer or Jeremy Kyle! Castlewellan Show 2011 In July, RSPB staff attended the Castlewellan Show in an effort to speak to as many famers from the local area and keep the profile of Northern Ireland Red Kites high in the core area of the project. The show, held in Castlewellan Forest Park, is one of the busiest agricultural shows in Northern Ireland and this was reflected on the day with visitors from crowds from across the country attending the show. During the day we spoke to over 200 people (c) AMcC and the overwhelming support from many local farmers and landowners was extremely encouraging and highlights the good work and efforts put in by Robert and volunteers who have engaged local people over the past three years since the project began in 2008. Adopt-a-kite (c) AMcC Did you know you can directly help the conservation of red kites in Northern Ireland by adopting a kite? This school clearly benefited as much from the adoption as Sparky did, but you don‟t have to be a school to We have around 80 red kites in Northern Ireland, and adopt. Business owners and farmers who care about RSPB NI is offering interested individuals or schools the their communities and the environment can also adopt opportunity to adopt one of these majestic birds. Red or joint adopt with a local school. Adopted red kites can kites, especially chicks, are very vulnerable as they also be a brilliant and quite unique present for birthdays venture out from their nest site into the surrounding or Christmas, for both children and adults. One lady, Northern Irish countryside. If you adopt a kite, your who adopted a red kite for her partner told us, “I was money will go directly towards educating people here so looking for something he could do for his birthday and that the history of persecution doesn‟t repeat itself. You had a look at the RSPB site, saw the Red Kite can help the red kites to flourish. programme and thought it would be a perfect present - I was right, it was a great day out and we now keep a Humans can be the red keen eye out for the kites on our travels through the kite‟s greatest threat but countryside.” thanks to adoptive parents, they can also be There are two choices when you adopt a kite, both their greatest friend. include a one off single pay- When you adopt a kite ment. For £50 you will you also get to choose a receive an adoption pack, a name for your bird and fluffy red kite singing toy, a several schools here have copy of the red kite already taken up the newsletter, a Red Kite chance to do so. information booklet, the opportunity to name your Spa Primary in County kite and a certificate of Down named their kite (c) RS adoption. For £100 you „Sparky‟, and a teacher, receive all of the above when asked why other schools should adopt a kite said, including either a one hour “Sparky has given the children a connection with the outreach visit to your school wild animals that they‟ve never had before. The children or club including the story of are very proud to be adoptive parents to Sparky, they (c) RSPB the red kites, question and know that their school has helped protect red kites by answer time, interactive games and a demonstration of projecting this sense of ownership to others. They are how kites are tracked with the actual equipment used in very articulate about how kites have been hurt in the the field, or, as an alternative, adopters can visit an area past and why we have to protect them now. They even where red kites have been seen and be given an show visitors our adoption certificate! We have a informative tour by Adam McClure, Red Kite Monitoring responsibility to help nature and Sparky helps us teach and Outreach Officer. the children that. We have managed to include Sparky in our learning of the world around us and with local To find out more about the RSPB’s ‘Adopt a Kite’ citizenship. I would urge any school to take part in this scheme please contact Jen Banks at RSPB NI HQ wonderful opportunity to adopt a local wild bird that on 02890 491547 or 07595092283. needs our help.” NI Red Kite wing-tag information This diagram shows wing-tags used for Red Kites in Northern Ireland. Top row (left wing) indicates area code (i.e. NI) and bottom row (right wing) denotes the year the kite was born. In 2008, wing-tags were labelled using capital letters and a # symbol, in „09 we used lower- case letters and last year we started using numbers on the tags, continuing the sequence in (c) CF 2011. Below is a 2011 Northern Irish (i.e. brown and white tags). Any sightings of tagged kites would be most appreciated. Please contact LEFT WING RIGHT WING Adam McClure, details are on the last page. BLACK Wales 2001 BLUE How to use the table YELLOW Chilterns 2002 WHITE Using this table, you should be able to BLUE North Scotland 2003 RED work out where and when a wing-tagged WHITE Central England 2004 YELLOW red kite was born, or in some instances RED Central Scotland 2005 ORANGE released. ORANGE Yorkshire and Cumbria 2006 GREEN The eight chicks born in County Down this year were given a brown tag on their GREEN Dumfries and Galloway 2007 PURPLE left wing (which tells us that the bird was PINK Northeast England 2008 BLACK born in NI) and a white tag on their right wing (which tells us it was born in 2011). PURPLE Aberdeen 2009 PINK Next year‟s colour is yet to be confirmed, PALE BLUE Republic of Ireland 2010 BLUE this will be decided at a meeting in the CHOCOLATE BROWN Northern Ireland 2011 WHITE autumn. Keep an eye out for wing-tagged buzzards It‟s not only red kites which are wing-tagged in Northern Ireland: Eimear Rooney, a volunteer with NIRK and PhD student at Queen‟s University, Belfast has just completed the first year of buzzard wing- tagging as part of a study into buzzard biology.
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