Thank you to Rachel Phillips for providing the valley's 6th Red Kite sighting. Arthur Russell, a regular contributor to our bird records advised her to submit it.
Rachel saw the Kite flying over Aldersley Road NW from the direction of Hawthorn Wood towards Codsall on 23/8/13 at 4:35
The successful spread of these graceful birds of Prey from their Welsh stronghold, together with introductions in other areas, means that it is expected that encounters over the reserve are likely to be more regular in the future.
The first site record of the species was on International Bird day (12/5/1996) when, the then Valley Park Bird Group, was treated, in warm weather, to a bird which circled high over Newbridge, before drifting North.
Other records are:
13/3/2002 - one seen heading North over Newbridge
19/3/2005 - one soaring above Compton.
28/5/2007 - one floated over Peasley Wood at lunchtime, before heading West towards Pool Hall.
22/3/2009 - one circled low, early on, over the old station at Newbridge, before drifting North
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