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Photocopies of J. A. Walpole-Bond's diaries of his visits to Wales, taken from transcripts printed in the 'Bulletin of the Jourdain Society', 1901-1903, and from the author's much less detailed manuscript diary, 1904-1930.

1 envelope (0.25 cm. and 2 maps).

Drafts of Peter Davis's chapter 'The red kite in Wales', originally intended for 'The birds of Wales'; published in 'WBR 89'.

Original file of correspondence and related papers, mainly between Peter Davis, Celia May and David Parkin relating to DNA studies, 1993-1994, and follow-up letters and emails, 2004 and 2012. Also a draft application by Matthew Hegarty of Aberystwyth University for a Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship (KESS) for an MPhil student to assess the impact of introgression of continental birds on the diversity of the Welsh kite population since Dr Celia May's 1980s study, [post 2009].

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.

Records of kites in Wales, pre-1960, including lists of place names, pre-1891 records of kites, annual summaries, 1891-1959, and a copy of the RSPB annual report for 1947, including (pp. 22-34) a report by James Fisher on an anonymous 'Kite Valley' protected by Dorothy Raikes of Bwlch, co. Brec.

Original file of relating to the formation of the Welsh Kite Trust, 1995-1996, and administration, including correspondence, drafts of documents, minutes of trustees' meetings, annual reports, Charity Commission publications, copies of 'Boda wennol: the newsletter of the Welsh Kite Trust'. Includes a letter to R.S. Thomas asking him to be a patron of the new trust, and his reply declining the offer, Jan. 1997.

Original file of reports and historical references to kites outside Wales, mainly comprising photocopies from county faunas and bird books, for Peter Davis's projected history of the kite in Britain. The photocopies are from books dated 1834 (Robert Mudie, 'The feathered tribes of the British Isles') to 1989 (Lorand & Atkin, 'The birds of Lincolnshire and South Humberside').

Lists of 'gled', 'kit' and 'puttock' placenames from the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Gazetteer, 4th ed., 1999; lists of latest breeding record or presence by county, statements on the distribution of kites in British bird books published at least 1802-1959; extracts relating to kites from county histories, faunas and ornithologies, including the 'Victoria County History' for England and the 'Old' and 'New Statistical Accounts' for Scotland. Also several references to kites in archaeological sites and churchwardens' accounts.

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

Original file of copies of "Boda wennol : cylchlythyr Ymddiriedolaeth Barcudiaid Cymru=the newsletter of the Welsh Kite Trust", no's 1-28 (Spring 1997-Autumn 2013).

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 preliminary correspondence exploring the possibility of a survey in 2000.

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

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 correspondence, mainly between the Nature Conservancy, the Forestry Commission and the RSPB, relating to the kites breeding in the Ystwyth Forest at Hafod, co. Card., including maps of nest sites, 1947-1972, the policy of "playing down" the Hafod kite population (see also E 8), forestry operations, Kite Committee voluntary wardens, the Caravan Club site at Hafod Old Mansion, 1972-1974, and the sale of the Hafod Arms Hotel, with the sporting rights over the old Hafod estate, 1980.

Original file of Kite Committee and related papers, including a copy of I. Newton, 'Reintroduction and its relation to the management of raptor populations', read to a conference in the USA, Nov. 1985.

Original file of reports of sightings and observations for 1985-1988 and related papers.