Red Kites Return to Jaén as Dangerous Power Poles Are Made Safer
Red kites are breeding again in Jaén, southern Spain, following a reintroduction programme. Twenty-one released birds used the…
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Thirteen Young Red Kites Were Released in Aspromonte in the Fourth Reintroduction Year
Thirteen young red kites from wild donor populations in Switzerland and Corsica, plus one captive-bred bird, were released…
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DDE Was Detected in All 60 Spanish Birds; Red Kites Had the Highest Medians for Most Pollutants
Liver analyses of 20 white storks, 20 red kites and 20 griffon vultures from Extremadura detected an average…
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GPS Data Show Strong Wind-Turbine Avoidance in Red Kites
Tracking data from hundreds of red kites show very high overall avoidance around wind turbines, while weather and…
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Common Buzzards Had a Lower Modelled Threshold for Rodenticide Poisoning Than Red Kites
Second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides were detected in 88.7% of 159 common buzzards and 94.3% of 263 red kites from…
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