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

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.

Drafts of Peter Davis's chapter 'The red kite in Wales', originally intended for 'The birds of Wales'; published in 'WBR 89'.

Original file of reports of sightings and observations for 1989-1991 and related papers, 1989-1991, and a note of Tony Cross's extracts from the 1991-1992 diaries of De Cruse (sent to prison for egg thefts), 2002. Also a laminated map of the Ceredigion kite watchers' and Forestry Commission rangers' areas and contact details.

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

Original file of letters and copy replies with conservation officers, nest watchers, academics and members of the public.

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 reports of sightings and observations for 1992-1993 and related papers.

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 of scientific papers by Celia A. May and David T. Parkin, both of Nottingham University, on the genetic fingerprinting of wild birds, and particularly birds of prey.

Original file of correspondence and related papers, mainly between Peter Davis, Celia May and David Parkin relating to DNA studies, 1993-1994, and follow-up letters and emails, 2004 and 2012. Also a draft application by Matthew Hegarty of Aberystwyth University for a Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship (KESS) for an MPhil student to assess the impact of introgression of continental birds on the diversity of the Welsh kite population since Dr Celia May's 1980s study, [post 2009].

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 of reports and observations for 1994 and related papers.

Original file of reports and observations for 1995 and related papers.

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 reports and observations for 1996 and related papers, including a set of maps confiscated from an 'egger'.

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.