Unhurried in flight and with a sideline in stolen goods, the handsome red kite is the gentleman thief of the raptor world, writes Mark Cocker.

The Red Kite was persecuted to the point of near extinction in Britain, In the early 1930s, only two breeding pairs of red kites were known to survive in the British Isles, both in central Wales.

Red kites, the majestic birds of prey which 20 years ago were one of Britain's rarest creatures and confined to the Welsh mountains, are now being regularly seen in gardens around Britain, the ...

A trial reintroduction of red kites to both England and Scotland used birds mainly brought from Spain for the English scheme, and from Sweden for the Scottish releases.

S.E. “Red” Kite knew how to bring victory and fair play to high-school sports during his three decades as a football coach and athletic director. Under Kite’s direction, the Colonial High ...

Red kites can be seen regularly by keen-eyed nature lovers at Leeds’ Harewood Estate and the Yorkshire Wolds - an experience which had almost vanished from the landscape three decades ago.