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Original file of reports and observations for 1997 and related papers, including details of 'eggers' from Portsmouth who robbed kites' nests at Crai, and M.L., who knows the location of a new kite's nest at Ystradfellte.

Original file of analyses of kite pellets and remains of prey, and descriptions of kite feeding behaviours.

Original file comprising draft and typescript of P. E. Davis & J. E. Davis, 'The food of the red kite in Wales', drawing on files E 1 and E 11, with comments and correspondence relating to its publication in the British Trust for Ornithology's 'British Birds', March-June 1980.

Original file of letters, notes, drafts, licences and reports, including guidelines for observers, 1984 and 1986; maps of watchers' areas, 1989-1993; papers for CCW/RSPB meetings, particularly re. differences of opinion re. egg and chick manipulation, 1992-1993; the end of CCW and RSPB funding for full monitoring of kite nests now the population had reached 100 breeding pairs, 1994; annual licences from CCW to Peter Davis under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) s.16(1) to examine red kite nests, 2002-2004, 2006-2011; and Peter Davis's annual reports of breeding success of nests the Nebo - Ffos-y-ffin - Felinfach area, co. Card., 2007-2008, 2010-2011.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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 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 of notes of observations of tagged birds.

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

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