![]() 1903) The author a Mr J A Walpole-Bond makes reference to the kite under the heading, ’In the nest Haunt of the Kite’. I refer now to a book called, ‘Bird Life in Wild Wales’. I am probably biased but I often see kites in many areas of Wales and I always marvel at the sight of them, I have seen as many as twelve together but to see the occasional one above Rhandirmwyn is worth all the sightings anywhere else To me this is its true home and it warms my heart to think that it is possibly descended from the kites I saw when growing up as a child there in the 1950’s. Today you will see the occasional kite flying above Rhandirmwyn. ![]() Other European red kites have now been introduced into other parts of Britain and are successfully breeding. There is no doubt that without the help of Kite Committee, later called The Welsh Kite Trust and the RSPB and some dogged perseverance of some individuals then this bird would have become extinct. ![]() This is a wonderful success story of a bird that was down to what appears to be one breeding hen bird to a healthy number that is seen at the present time. ![]() Without realising it, he was probably one of the most privileged men in the country as at that time this was the only area where they nested. Part of this site (Allt Rhyd-y-groes) is on the mountainside opposite a farm known as Troedrhiwruddwen and it is said that during the early part of the last century the farmer Mr William Jones was able to view a kite’s nest from his home. They are still in existence namely Dinas and the lesser known but probably more important Gwenffrwd. Two bird reserves were set up to protect the nesting sites of the Red Kite. ![]()
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