RED KITES
A Comparison of Regional Productivity
Number of Breeding Pairs in the UK 1989 - 2008
Number of Breeding Pairs of Red Kites in the United Kingdom
|
Year
|
Wales
Monitored |
Wales
(Estimated) |
Southern
England Monitored |
Southern England (Estimated)
|
East
Midlands |
Northen
Kites |
North
Scotland |
Central
Scotland |
Dumfries &
Galloway |
|
| 2008 | 568 | 750-900 | 162 | 400-500 | 95 | 69 | 22 | 50 | 45 | 32 |
| 2007 | 471 | 672-840 | 184 | 350+ | 68 | 47 | 10 | 39 | 34 | 21 |
|
2006
|
346
|
500-600 |
68
|
n/a
|
74
|
40
|
5
|
40
|
28
|
36
|
|
2005
|
329
|
440-510 |
119
|
300+
|
52
|
33
|
39
|
25
|
12
|
|
|
2004
|
320
|
400-450 |
213
|
300+
|
37
|
24
|
35
|
17
|
3
|
|
|
2003
|
259
|
350-400 |
177
|
24
|
16
|
35
|
18
|
4
|
||
|
2002
|
212
|
300-350 |
139
|
23
|
10
|
35
|
15
|
|||
|
2001
|
N/A
|
285 |
132
|
15
|
8
|
35
|
10
|
|||
|
2000
|
202
|
259 |
112
|
16
|
3
|
34
|
7
|
|||
|
1999
|
181
|
75
|
7
|
32
|
4
|
|||||
|
1998
|
167
|
71
|
4
|
30
|
2
|
|||||
|
1997
|
152
|
52
|
4
|
23
|
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|
1996
|
130
|
35
|
1
|
17
|
||||||
|
1995
|
127
|
24
|
15
|
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|
1994
|
111
|
20
|
8
|
|||||||
|
1993
|
104
|
9
|
5
|
|||||||
|
1992
|
84
|
4
|
1
|
|||||||
|
1991
|
76
|
2
|
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|
1990
|
65
|
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|
1989
|
54
|
When viewing this data it should be remembered that the re-introduced red kites, in England and Scotland, are from the European continent and were taken from only those nests that were most prolific.