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Original file of reports of dead kites, post mortems and analyses for poisons and toxic chemicals, mainly 1998-1999, with one report for each of 2005 and for 2006. Also publications relating to pesticide poisoning and illegal poisoning of wildlife.

Original file of reports of dead kites, post mortems and analyses for poisons and toxic chemicals. Also publications relating to pesticide poisoning and illegal poisoning of wildlife.

1 envelope (0.25 cm. and 2 maps).

Original file of miscellaneous kite-related leaflets and publications. Includes copies of 'Birds' magazine, Winter 1983 and Winter 1985; RSPB annual reports of offences against wild bird legislation, 1990-1992; second draft of English Nature/RSPB 'UK Red Kite Action Plan', Oct. 1997; English Nature research report no. 451, 'The red kite reintroduction programme in England', 2002; and 'Jahresbericht 2000 zum Monitoring Greifvögel und Eulen Europas' (Monitoring of raptors and owls of Europe, annual report 2000), Martin Luther University, 2001.

Original file from a folder (discarded) entitled "Kites vs environment project 1992-3", comprising correspondence and notes relating to land use, including forestry and landfill, 1991-1993; a copy of I. Newton, D. Moss & P. E. Davis, 'Red kites and land-use in Wales' (Institute of Terrestrial Ecology report, June 1993); and a draft of P. E. Davis, I. Newton & D. Moss, 'Distribution and breeding of red kites Milvus milvus in relation to afforestation and other land use in Wales', [1994?].

Original file of correspondence, mainly between the Nature Conservancy, the Forestry Commission and the RSPB, relating to the kites breeding in the Ystwyth Forest at Hafod, co. Card., including maps of nest sites, 1947-1972, the policy of "playing down" the Hafod kite population (see also E 8), forestry operations, Kite Committee voluntary wardens, the Caravan Club site at Hafod Old Mansion, 1972-1974, and the sale of the Hafod Arms Hotel, with the sporting rights over the old Hafod estate, 1980.

Original bundle of correspondence labelled "Kite watchers, 1965 & 1966", relating to the voluntary kite watching operation, Easter 1965 and 1966.

Original file of Kite Project Team papers relating to the proposed re-introduction of kites into England and Scotland.

Original file of notes of observations of tagged birds.

Original file from an RSPB folder (discarded) entitled "K. Smith - Radio eggs, cameras & videos", comprising K. W. Smith et al's annual reports, 1987-1992, on remote surveillance, including the use of false eggs sensative to light, temperature and turning, and related papers.

Original file containing draft and final copies of I. Newton, D. Moss & P. E. Davis, 'Population growth and breeding of red kites in relation to landscape in Wales' (Institute of Terrestrial Ecology report to the Countryside Council for Wales), May-June 1994; 'Philopatry and population growth of red kites' by the same authors, [c.June 1994]; and covering letters.

Original file including papers of the Red Kite Project Team, 1992, UK Red Kite Coordination Meeting, 1997, and UK Red Kite Steering Group, 1998-2002; newspaper cuttings relating to re-introductions in Scotland, Yorkshire, 1999-2001; population declines in France, Italy and Spain; and notes of observations of tagged birds. Also includes copies of 'Red kites newsletter' (no's 3-4, Summer 1993-Winter 1993/94); 'The red kite re-introduction project in England: progress report, April 1997-March 1998'; newsletters of the English Midland (no's 1-4, Jan. 1997-Nov. 1999) and Scottish (no. 9, Spring 1998; Spring 1999) re-introduction projects; 'The dalesman', July 2000, reporting the poisoning of a kite near Pateley Bridge, co. York; and 'Irish eagle news: bulletin of the Golden Eagle Trust', no. 2, Spring 2009, including an article on the Co. Wicklow re-introduction project.

Records of kites in Wales, pre-1960, including lists of place names, pre-1891 records of kites, annual summaries, 1891-1959, and a copy of the RSPB annual report for 1947, including (pp. 22-34) a report by James Fisher on an anonymous 'Kite Valley' protected by Dorothy Raikes of Bwlch, co. Brec.

Original file of correspondence, memoranda, incident reports, statements, press cuttings etc., including relating to kite bounty payments, 1969-1989, blacklists of persons with prosecutions and suspected eggers, 1972-1974, annual and special protection schemes, including Abergwesyn kite watch logs and reports, 1977-1979, incidents of disturbed birds and robbed nests, publicity, and prosecutions and attempted prosecutions, including against Ian Godfrey Huggard for the possession of kite eggs, 1972-1973, Michael Dawson of Brighton and Andrew Rychlinski of Brighton for wilfully disturbing kites, 1978, and Elgan Jones for poisoning, 1990.

Original file of miscellaneous (unfiled?) papers relating to kite populations.

Original file of population charts, being records of kites (breeding pair, number of young reared, settled non-breeders, and other birds in the area) for each home range in April, 1946-1993. The charts are arranged by river catchment area: I (Dyfi catchment northward), II (Stewi, Rheidol, Ystwyth, Wyre), III (Teifi, Aeron), IV (Tywi and S. Carm.), V (Wye), VI (Usk), VII (Severn), VIII (Nedd, Tawe). Also lists and reference numbers of new territories for 1994 and 1995.

Lists of 'gled', 'kit' and 'puttock' placenames from the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Gazetteer, 4th ed., 1999; lists of latest breeding record or presence by county, statements on the distribution of kites in British bird books published at least 1802-1959; extracts relating to kites from county histories, faunas and ornithologies, including the 'Victoria County History' for England and the 'Old' and 'New Statistical Accounts' for Scotland. Also several references to kites in archaeological sites and churchwardens' accounts.