Red Kite: Nest & eggs
The Red Kite builds a stick nest high up in a tree in the farmland landscape and readily returns to the same place.
- Nest site: the nest is placed high in a deciduous tree, often in a copse surrounded by open fields that provide good hunting grounds.
- Furnishing: it is not seldom decorated with rubbish, rags and other material that the bird gathers together.
- Reuse: the pair readily uses the same nest site year after year, and the female usually lays 2–3 eggs.
Breeding success has benefited from reduced persecution and targeted conservation measures in the southern provinces.