A Springwatch first: Live camera on a beautiful red kite nest! | BBC Springwatch

Red Kite Centre - Laurieston on Reels

Sound on for this one team! 🔊🦅 The mesmerising call of a red kite is always a treat! These magnificent birds of prey can easily be identified in flight due to their large forked tail, but also due to this distinctive screeching call they make. Has anyone been lucky enough to hear this close up before? 🧡 #Autumnwatch 🎥 Mick Vogel | BBC Springwatch

🔊 Sound on! 🦅 Red kites are an easily recognisable bird of prey, with a rusty reddish-brown body, deeply forked tail and distinctive call. 🔍 Their head is pale grey and patterned with dark streaks, and they have a yellow beak with a dark hook and pale, striking eyes. 🌳 Red kites nest in broadleaved woodland. They can be seen all year round soaring on warm, sunny days above wooded valleys, pasture and countryside, as well as in suburban areas and towns. 📈 The red kite was once a common bird