Wales offers several opportunities to watch these rare magnificent birds performing spectacular aerial displays as they swoop to collect food and soar on the thermals.
Depending on where and when, they are often in the company of other species of birds such as curlews, buzzards, peregrines, ospreys and migrant birds.
Their distinctive 'V' tail feathers and underbody colour make them easy to spot.
You can visit dedicated feeding stations where sightings are almost guarenteed such as at Cors Caron, Tregaron where there is a centre full of information on Red Kites and other local wildlife. Watch the birds being fed from the bridge on the A485 at 2pm in winter.
Or blend naturally with the countryside and watch from a purpose built hide at Llandeusant where the birds are so close binoculars are not needed. Birds are fed at 2pm in winter and 3pm in summer.
Enjoy walks through mature oak woodland teeming with birds including the Red Kite seen daily at Dinas RSPB Reserve, Rhandirmwyn or around Lleyn Clywedog.
Play a round of golf at Rhosgoch with the Red Kites overhead or take a train ride through the Welsh countryside on the scenic Heart of Wales Railway from Swansea to Shrewsbury and spot Red Kites from the comfort of your seat.
It is wonderful that this rare bird has now established so well in Wales. Long may it remain.
Depending on where and when, they are often in the company of other species of birds such as curlews, buzzards, peregrines, ospreys and migrant birds.
Their distinctive 'V' tail feathers and underbody colour make them easy to spot.
You can visit dedicated feeding stations where sightings are almost guarenteed such as at Cors Caron, Tregaron where there is a centre full of information on Red Kites and other local wildlife. Watch the birds being fed from the bridge on the A485 at 2pm in winter.
Or blend naturally with the countryside and watch from a purpose built hide at Llandeusant where the birds are so close binoculars are not needed. Birds are fed at 2pm in winter and 3pm in summer.
Enjoy walks through mature oak woodland teeming with birds including the Red Kite seen daily at Dinas RSPB Reserve, Rhandirmwyn or around Lleyn Clywedog.
Play a round of golf at Rhosgoch with the Red Kites overhead or take a train ride through the Welsh countryside on the scenic Heart of Wales Railway from Swansea to Shrewsbury and spot Red Kites from the comfort of your seat.
It is wonderful that this rare bird has now established so well in Wales. Long may it remain.
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