What the Kite Taught Us

Lessons From The Land

Over the last five years, the red kite population in our village, and the surrounding area, has grown considerably and now rivals, if not has now overtaken, the buzzard population.

It’s wonderful to see these birds that were once on the brink of extinction back in their numbers. There are of course the stories of how they are doing too well, how they threaten livestock, become a nuisance to picnickers and barbecuers, but I for one have never had a problem with a red kite. Red kites may be opportunistic, but like their buzzard cousins they prefer carrion to live prey.

So what stories has the red kite taught me, or rather on this occasion what did it teach us?