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RED KITES - A COMPARISON OF REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY
1989 - 2006

No. Breeding Pairs
% Of Successful Pairs
No. Chicks Reared
Chicks/Breeding Pair
Chicks/Successful Breeding Pair
No. of Breeding Pairs
Year
Wales
Monitored
Wales
(Estimated)
Southern
England
Southern England (Estimated)
East
Midlands
Yorkshire
Northen
Kites
North Scotland
Stirling
Dumfries &
Galloway
2006
346
500-600
68
n/a
74
40
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
1996
130
35
1
17
1995
127
24
15
1994
111
20
8
1993
104
9
5
1992
84
4
1
1991
76
2
1990
65
1989
54

% of Successful Pairs  
Year
Wales
Southern
England
East
Midlands
Yorkshire
Northen
Kites
North
Scotland
Central
Scotland
Dumfries &
Galloway
59
n/a
84
90
40
90
71
82
2005
63
NA
85
85
92
60
83
2004
66
95
73
79
86
77
67
2003
59
92
88
94
94
73
25
2002
63
86
83
90
91
70
2001
59
N/A
82
100
91
71
2000
48
84
63
33
94
100
1999
65
95
86
94
100
1998
67
92
50
87
1997
65
88
75
83
1996
69
94
94
1995
63
92
73
1994
63
85
87
1993
59
89
60
1992
71
100
100*
1991
54
1990
47
1989
33
No. Chicks Reared *=Estimated numbers
Year
Wales
Southern
England
East
Midlands
Yorkshire
Northen
Kites
North
Scotland
Central
Scotland
Dumfries &
Galloway
420-504*
600*
130
75
3
79
44+
27
2005
440-510*
500+*
99
52
85
28
18
2004
361-400+*
383
55
44
80
32
3
2003
273-312*
312
45
32
71
34
1
2002
300*
219
43
20
88
25
2001
247
246
25
15
77
18
2000
133
202
22
2
74
10
1999
165
155
16
54
5
1998
174
143
3
44
5
1997
129
100
8
39
1996
119
80
39
1995
117
55
26
1994
99
37
13
1993
82
14
7
1992
96
9
1
1991
62
1990
74
1989
50

Chicks/Breeding Pair
Year
Wales
Southern
England
East
Midlands
Yorkshire
Northen
Kites
North
Scotland
Central
Scotland
Dumfries &
Galloway
0.89
n/a
1.75
1.87
0.6
1.97
1.57
1.59
2005
1.06
NA
1.90
1.58
2.18
1.12
1.5
2004
1.03
1.78
1.49
1.83
2.29
1.45
1.0
2003
0.85
1.76
1.87
2.00
2.00
1.89
0.25
2002
0.87
1.57
1.87
2.00
2.50
1.67
2001
0.96
1.86
2.27
1.87
2.30
1.80
2000
0.69
1.8
1.37
0.67
2.31
1.43
1999
0.91
2.07
2.28
1.80
1.25
1998
1.04
2.01
0.75
1.91
2.50
1997
0.85
1.92
2.00
1.70
1996
0.91
2.28
2.29
1995
0.92
2.29
1.73
1994
0.89
1.85
1.63
1993
0.79
1.55
1.40
1992
1.14
2.25
1.00
1991
0.82
1990
1.14
1989
0.93

Chicks/Successful Breeding Pair
Year
Wales
Southern England
Midlands
Yorkshire
Northen
Kites
North Scotland
Central Scotland
Dumfries
& Galloway
2006
1.42
2.03
2.12
2.08
1.5
2.19
2.20
1.93
2005
1.57
1.99
2.25
1.85
2.36
1.87
1.80
2004
1.47
1.87
2.04
2.32
2.67
1.88
1.50
2003
1.32
1.76
2.14
2.13
2.15
2.43
1.00
2002
1.39
1.84
2.26
2.22
2.72
2.27
2001
1.47
N/A
2.78
1.87
2.48
2.57
2000
1.36
2.15
2.20
2.00
2.47
2.00
1999
1.40
2.18
2.67
2.35
1.25
1998
1.55
2.20
1.50
2.20
2.50
1997
1.30
2.17
2.67
2.05
1996
1.32
2.42
2.44
2.44
1995
1.48
2.50
2.36
2.36
1994
1.41
2.18
1.86
1993
1.34
1.75
2.33
1992
1.60
2.25
1
1991
1.51
1990
1.57
1989
1.52
Collated from data provided by the Welsh Kite Trust
 

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