Red kites spread into Shropshire
An intensive conservation effort has seen red kites return to parts of England and they are now flourishing in Shropshire.
After numbers of the birds dropped over the years due to persecution, a small population in Wales managed to breed and have spread into the neighbouring county, the Welsh Kite Trust said.
The trust believes the first successful breeding in Shropshire was in 2006 when a pair fledged two young - the first successful breeding of native birds in England for 130 years.
Since then, 68 young have flown from Shropshire nests, the trust said.
David Gregory, 主播大秀 Science Correspondent for the West Midlands, visited a secret location in the county to see the birds as part of the 主播大秀's Springwatch series.
The public are being asked to report any sightings of the birds to the trust.
