One pair had a brood of four although only two fledged successfully perhaps because the nest, in a downy birch, was too small to accommodate four full grown young? At this nest both surviving young were wing-tagged and one was also fitted with a radio transmitter.
The other pair nested high in a mature Douglas fir and two out of the three young fledged successfully.
Since the first breeding pair was confirmed in 2000 between one and three nests have been found annually in Wiltshire. This year, in addition to the two successful nests there were three pairs that probably bred and several non-breeding 2nd calendar year birds were regularly seen in new areas.
Radio tracking results have shown that young kites from Wiltshire regularly spend their first year further east in Berkshire and the Chilterns, often travelling many miles in a day and frequenting several roosts in a winter.
