The red kite is a distinctive bird of prey, easily recognised by its reddish-brown body, angular wings with white patches, and long, deeply forked tail. The poisoning of a red kite, found dead near ...

Charlie Blake, from Portsmouth, Hants, went to impressive lengths, including spending weeks preparing, to get close-up ...

A red kite, or Milvus, a medium-sized bird of prey that is rare in Turkey, was spotted in İstanbul. The bird from the Accipitridae family, also known as the Hawk or Vulture family, was sighted by a ...

A man has been arrested after five red kites were found dead in a field. The birds of prey were found poisoned in Orsett, ...

A Red Kite, well-known throughout the Mournes, in Co Down, was so seriously injured in a shooting it had to be put to sleep by a vet. The protected bird of prey, nicknamed ‘Vivienne’ due to its ...

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The shooting dead of a rare Red Kite bird of prey has been condemned by the Minister for the Environment. Minister John Gormley has expressed his disgust at the news that one of the kites he released ...

A warning has been given about feeding red kites, a bird of prey, after complaints of meat being dropped on people's heads. Since the reintroduction of red kites into the Chilterns Area of Outstanding ...

The Royal Air Force says people feeding red kites are endangering military aircraft. A spokesperson for RAF Benson, near Oxford, says the birds are becoming so numerous in Oxfordshire that military ...