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Original file mainly comprising correspondence and other papers relating to licences to visit nests, take and handle eggs, take blood and other samples etc. for scientific purposes. Also extracts from Barry Sheavills's notebooks relating to the theft of eggs in Wales, 1986-1993.

Original file of reports of sightings and observations for 1974-1978 and related papers.

Original file of analyses of kite pellets and remains of prey, and descriptions of kite feeding behaviours.

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.

Original file of reports of sightings and observations for 1989-1991 and related papers, 1989-1991, and a note of Tony Cross's extracts from the 1991-1992 diaries of De Cruse (sent to prison for egg thefts), 2002. Also a laminated map of the Ceredigion kite watchers' and Forestry Commission rangers' areas and contact details.

Original file of letters and copy replies with conservation officers, nest watchers, academics and members of the public.

Original file of scientific papers by Celia A. May and David T. Parkin, both of Nottingham University, on the genetic fingerprinting of wild birds, and particularly birds of prey.

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 of Kite Project Team papers relating to the proposed re-introduction of kites into England and Scotland.

Original file from an RSPB folder (discarded) entitled "K. Smith - Radio eggs, cameras & videos", comprising K. W. Smith et al's annual reports, 1987-1992, on remote surveillance, including the use of false eggs sensative to light, temperature and turning, and related papers.

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