Supplementary feeding of the reintroduced Red Kite (Milvus milvus) in UK gardens

Orros, M. E. and Fellowes, M. D. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5431-8637 (2014) Supplementary feeding of the reintroduced Red Kite (Milvus milvus) in UK gardens. Bird Study, 61 (2). pp. 260-263. ISSN 0006-3657 doi: 10.1080/00063657.2014.885491

Abstract/Summary

Capsule The provision of meat for garden birds is unusual in the UK but a reintroduced raptor, the Red Kite Milvus milvus, is now regularly fed in some areas. A questionnaire of garden kite feeders revealed that people were most often motivated to feed by a desire to see kites close up and that most provisioning falls within available guidelines. We estimated the median amount of food thought to be taken by kites per kite-feeding garden per day as 21 g, sufficient to support 0.12–0.26 individuals.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/35674
Identification Number/DOI	10.1080/00063657.2014.885491
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
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