A bird that hasn’t been seen wild in the Lake District for some 160 years is set to make a return. Conservationists have re-introduced the first 30 of 90 red kites to Grizedale Forest in the Lake District. They have been transported from Rockingham Forest in Northamptonshire as the Forestry Commission seeks to re-populate the area by releasing the kites over the next three years. Many birders will be delighted with the news but not everyone is happy: Cumbrian pigeon fanciers – who have already seen their flocks decimated by the expanding numbers of peregrine falcon – are expressing their discontent, pointing out that the site of the re-introduction co-incides with the main pigeon flight-path into Cumbria.
Red kites return to the Lake District
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