BBC Wildlife - UK (2019-12)

WILDDECEMBER

ExtinctinEnglandin 1871 andin
Scotlandeightyearslater,thered
kitejustaboutclungoninmid-
Wales.Reintroductionschemeshave
sincetransformeditsfortunes,and
nowtheraptoris oneofthespecies
thatMarkCocker,inhisbookOur
Place, referstoas“wildBritish
Lazaruses”.Thereis nobetter
illustrationofthekite’sdramatic
comeback than the spectacular

gatheringsatfeeding

stations,suchasGigrinFarm

inPowysorBellymackHillFarm

inDumfriesandGalloway.Expectto

seedozensofkites,plusbuzzards,

ravensandcrows.Theylookattheir

bestinthelowwinterlight.

FINDOUTMORE

Moredetailsatgigrin.co.ukand

bellymackhillfarm.co.uk

4 |REDKITE

Back from the dead

APP

DEBATING

ANIMALS

ChrisPackham

on red kites.