An Oxfordshire wildlife group has started a campaign to raise awareness of red kites and encourage people to stop feeding them. Mike Acreman, trustee of Wild About Wallingford, said there had been "a ...

The large bird of prey largely feeds on carrion and worms and cuts a distinctive silhouette with wing tips that look like ...

New research reveals that medieval birds of prey, including red kites and buzzards, thrived on human leftovers rather than ...

A pair of Red Kites have raised a juvenile bird at a site in Derbyshire, the first in the county since 1863. The bird of prey, which fledged in the grounds of Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire ...

Here, Professor Ian Rotherham, gives his insight into these extraordinary birds of prey. The picture this week is of a recent sighting of Red Kite over Sheffield neighbourhood Norton by my ...

According to the RSPCA, red kites are expected to live for 10 years in the wild. "This was such a beautiful bird and I could tell that it was an adult and of a good age," said RSPCA wildlife ...

The birds' adaptability is particularly evident in medieval towns. Red kites from Oxford, Winchester and other urban sites showed the strongest evidence of feeding on human waste, with chemical ...

A wildlife group in Wallingford has launched a campaign to support red kites, by stopping people from feeding them.

The researchers looked at bones from 11 red kites, 18 buzzards, and three white-tailed eagles found at archaeological sites across Britain.

He said: "In the medieval ages, they were very common birds. "They were persecuted to the point of extinction in this area of the country". But reintroduction of red kites to the Chilterns ...

Birds of prey in medieval Britain relied far more heavily on scavenging human waste than previously thought, according to research that analyzed more than 30 ancient bird skeletons. Ancient red ...