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Saturday, 20 February 2010

10/12 kites accounted for - 2 tags remain elusive!

After that quick round up of news we can let you know that the majority of tagged kites have popped back up on our radar in the past few weeks after the dark winter months, all seeming to be pretty close to the Black Isle, so no significant dispersal movements to detail as yet...  we are seeing a fair few of these youngsters patrolling about in very similar airspace and its quite possible these individuals are perhaps roosting together at one site, in doing so learning precious life skills together through the act of play.

We still have two kites out there both of which we havent had any data through from since the 22nd November 2009.  First of all we have Heather, the female kite Dingwall Primary School are now championing after their first, Hector suffered an unfortunate demise after being struck by a vehicle back in September.  We tracked her last moving about in the Muir of Ord area.  (Please note, Heather movements are not currently on the website map).  Then we have Red Rocket, the female kite that pupils of Merkinch Primary in Inverness adopted.  Her last known position was back on this date to the east of Ardross in Easter Ross after exploring the Caithness coast at Berriedale.  Its very possible that the tags on these birds will make contact in the same way that the others have done in recent days/weeks so for the time being we arent too worried about this although, the sooner we start getting data in the sooner we'll know that both are safe and sound and trackable once again!  We'll let you know as soon as we find out.