Red Kite Wing Tags
The following colours indicate what year the kites fledged.
The tags are placed on both wings. Tags on the left wing indicating the area the bird fledged and tags on the right wing indicating the year the bird fledged.
Left Wing Tags
Yellow - Chilterns
White - Midlands
Orange - Yorkshire
Red - Central Scotland
Blue - North Scotland
Green - South West Scotland
Right Wing Tags
Green - 1998
Black - 1999
Pink - 2000
Blue - 2001
White - 2002
Red - 2003
Yellow - 2004
Orange - 2005
In addition to this birds with only a right wing tag are from the Chilterns and fledged in the following years.
1989 Red
1990 Blue
1991 Yellow
1992 Black
1993 Green
1994 Orange
1995 Blue
1996 Yellow
1997 Black
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