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Original file including an off-print of P. Walters Davies & P. E. Davis, 'The ecology and conservation of the red kite in Wales', 1973; off-prints of articles of which Peter Davis was author or co-author, 1981-1996; print-outs of Peter Davis et al., 'Movement, settlement, breeding, and survival of red kites Milvus milvus marked in Wales' (2001), and Davis's chapter on the red kite for 'Birds of Ceredigion' (2010); and a copy of Tony Cross & Peter Davis, 'The red kites of Wales', Welsh Kite Trust, 2005.

Original file of relating the Welsh Kite Trust, including correspondence, minutes of trustees' meetings, annual reports, papers relating to a proposal to reintroduce red kites to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, 2006, drafts of Cross & Davis, 'The red kites of Wales', responses to a proposed publication 'Cri'r barcud coch' by four junior schools in the Builth area, 2003, and to a proposed Camddwr wind turbine development, 2004.

Original file of minutes of Welsh Kite Trust meetings and related papers, ending with Peter Davis's resignation as a trustee, effective Dec. 2011, and a note on the archive, Sept. 2016.

Original file of preliminary correspondence exploring the possibility of a survey in 2000.

Original file of reports of dead kites, post mortems and analyses for poisons and toxic chemicals, mainly 1998-1999, with one report for each of 2005 and for 2006. Also publications relating to pesticide poisoning and illegal poisoning of wildlife.

Annual lists of known nests in Wales, grid references, clutch sizes, successes and causes of failure, 1946-1999, compiled by Peter Davis.

Original file of reports and observations for 1999 and related papers.

Original file including papers of the Red Kite Project Team, 1992, UK Red Kite Coordination Meeting, 1997, and UK Red Kite Steering Group, 1998-2002; newspaper cuttings relating to re-introductions in Scotland, Yorkshire, 1999-2001; population declines in France, Italy and Spain; and notes of observations of tagged birds. Also includes copies of 'Red kites newsletter' (no's 3-4, Summer 1993-Winter 1993/94); 'The red kite re-introduction project in England: progress report, April 1997-March 1998'; newsletters of the English Midland (no's 1-4, Jan. 1997-Nov. 1999) and Scottish (no. 9, Spring 1998; Spring 1999) re-introduction projects; 'The dalesman', July 2000, reporting the poisoning of a kite near Pateley Bridge, co. York; and 'Irish eagle news: bulletin of the Golden Eagle Trust', no. 2, Spring 2009, including an article on the Co. Wicklow re-introduction project.

Original file of population charts, being records of kites (breeding pair, number of young reared, settled non-breeders, and other birds in the area) for each home range in April, 1946-1993. The charts are arranged by river catchment area: I (Dyfi catchment northward), II (Stewi, Rheidol, Ystwyth, Wyre), III (Teifi, Aeron), IV (Tywi and S. Carm.), V (Wye), VI (Usk), VII (Severn), VIII (Nedd, Tawe). Also lists and reference numbers of new territories for 1994 and 1995.

Original file of reports and observations for 1996 and related papers, including a set of maps confiscated from an 'egger'.

Original file of reports and observations for 1997 and related papers, including details of 'eggers' from Portsmouth who robbed kites' nests at Crai, and M.L., who knows the location of a new kite's nest at Ystradfellte.

Original file of reports and observations for 1998 and related papers, including a report of a kite egg taken from a nest in the Elan Valley in 1997, recovered from Jan Frederick Ross of Tottington, co. Lancs.

Original file of miscellaneous (unfiled?) papers relating to kite populations.

Original file containing correspondence relating to the donation of the Kite Committee's collections of egg shells to the National Museum of Wales, including reference to a magistrate's suggestion that two kite's eggs confiscated in Liverpool should go to Ceredigion Museum, 1981; subsequent donations, 1982-1989; research by Adrian Fowles, NCC, into the insects in kite nest faunas, 1989; a request by the Faunal Remains Unit of Southampton University Archaeology Department for kite bones, 1989-1992 ; an analysis of the components of a kite's nest, 1990; kite carcasses sent to the English Heritage Ancient Monuments Laboratory, including a copy of 'Ancient Monuments Laboratory report 22/99, A list of mammal & bird skeletons in the comparative collection of the 'Ancient Monuments Laboratory London', 1991; an analysis of clutch sizes, brood sizes, nest robberies and distribution by 10km grid squares, 1946-1997; details of unhatched etc. eggs collected, 1990-1998; and a note that all remaining kite egg shells have been sent to the National Museum, 2016.

Original file containing draft and final copies of I. Newton, D. Moss & P. E. Davis, 'Population growth and breeding of red kites in relation to landscape in Wales' (Institute of Terrestrial Ecology report to the Countryside Council for Wales), May-June 1994; 'Philopatry and population growth of red kites' by the same authors, [c.June 1994]; and covering letters.

Original file of miscellaneous kite-related leaflets and publications. Includes copies of 'Birds' magazine, Winter 1983 and Winter 1985; RSPB annual reports of offences against wild bird legislation, 1990-1992; second draft of English Nature/RSPB 'UK Red Kite Action Plan', Oct. 1997; English Nature research report no. 451, 'The red kite reintroduction programme in England', 2002; and 'Jahresbericht 2000 zum Monitoring Greifvögel und Eulen Europas' (Monitoring of raptors and owls of Europe, annual report 2000), Martin Luther University, 2001.

Original file of letters, notes, drafts, licences and reports, including guidelines for observers, 1984 and 1986; maps of watchers' areas, 1989-1993; papers for CCW/RSPB meetings, particularly re. differences of opinion re. egg and chick manipulation, 1992-1993; the end of CCW and RSPB funding for full monitoring of kite nests now the population had reached 100 breeding pairs, 1994; annual licences from CCW to Peter Davis under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) s.16(1) to examine red kite nests, 2002-2004, 2006-2011; and Peter Davis's annual reports of breeding success of nests the Nebo - Ffos-y-ffin - Felinfach area, co. Card., 2007-2008, 2010-2011.

Original file of correspondence and related papers, mainly between Peter Davis, Celia May and David Parkin relating to DNA studies, including the early twentieth century genetic bottleneck, and the more recent introgression by a German female into the Welsh population.

Original file of reports, memoranda and notes relating to the taking, swapping, rescuing and fostering eggs and chicks, including annual reports by Peter Davis, 1987-1988, Dr Nick Fox of Carmarthen, a keeper and breeder of raptors, 1987-1990, and Peter Walter Davies, 1989-1993.