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Original file of letters to Peter Davis and copy replies, including re. proposals for a monograph on kites for T. & A.D. Poyser, 1989-1994, Shire Publications, 1989, Christopher Helm, 1990-1991, and George Philip, 1991; Roger Lovegrove's kite monograph, 1990; 'New atlas of breeding birds in Britain and Ireland', 1991; and Mike Pienkowski's book on the reintroduction of the kite, 1994-1997. Also drafts of Peter Davis kite papers, including the kite chapter for G. Williams, 'BoW' [published as 'Birds in Wales'], 1993; and 'The red kite in Wales: setting the record straight' for 'British Birds', 1993; 'Kite and land use in Wales, report to the Forestry Commission, 1993; 'The red kite and Hafod', [c.1994]; and the kite article for the BTO Atlas of Migration, 1999-2002.

Welsh kite, peregrine, raven, buzzard and merlin records extracted from the diaries of C. H. Wells, a suspected egg-collector, 1910-1911 and 1925-1955, made available by courtesy of Eric Bartlett, the Brecon bird recorder, 1979, with covering correspondence, 1978-1979.

Original file of papers relating to the British Trust for Ornithology Ornithological Atlas, mainly relating to the presentation of the breeding distribution of rarer breeding species in Wales, including kite, hen harrier, peregrine, chough, little tern, gossander and dotterel. Includes "Personally I would feel happier if the system did not show precisely the number of 10 km. squares with [kite] breeding records, mainly because this betrays the preponderance of Cardiganshire records compared with Carmarthenshire ones ... and is therefore against our agreed policy of keeping quiet about the strength of the Cardiganshire population" (letter from Peter Davis to Col Salmon, Feb. 1970) (see also B 4).

Original file of copies of "Boda wennol : cylchlythyr Ymddiriedolaeth Barcudiaid Cymru=the newsletter of the Welsh Kite Trust", no's 1-28 (Spring 1997-Autumn 2013).

Original file of overhead-projector transparencies of kite populations and distributions.