Southern Colour Ringing Group

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Red Kite Milvus milvus recoveries

These birds ringed by the Southern Colour Ringing Group have been recovered elsewhere, or have been ringed elsewhere and re-captured or re-sighted by us. Click on a ring number to see a life history for that bird and a map of its known movements.

Ring number Age / sex Activity Date Location Movement Duration

GY02590

EP

EP

 6 Ringed 10 Sep 2023 Benington Back Field, Hertfordshire
Colour marks read 16 Dec 2024 Benington Back Field, Hertfordshire 0km 1y 3m 6d ➖
Colour marks read 04 Jan 2025 Benington Back Field, Hertfordshire 0km 1y 3m 25d
Colour marks read 16 Dec 2024
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04 Jan 2025		 Benington Back Field, Hertfordshire 0km 1y 3m 25d ➕
Colour marks read 03 Mar 2025 Aston End, Hertfordshire 1km W 1y 5m 21d ➖
Colour marks read 02 Apr 2025 Aston End, Hertfordshire 1km W 1y 6m 23d
Colour marks read 07 Apr 2025 Aston End, Hertfordshire 1km W 1y 6m 28d
Colour marks read 30 Apr 2025 Aston End, Hertfordshire 1km W 1y 7m 20d
Colour marks read 05 Jul 2025 Aston End, Hertfordshire 1km W 1y 9m 25d
Colour marks read 07 Jul 2025 Aston End, Hertfordshire 1km W 1y 9m 27d
Colour marks read 14 Dec 2025 Aston End, Hertfordshire 1km W 2y 3m 4d
Colour marks read 03 Mar 2025
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14 Dec 2025		 Aston End, Hertfordshire 1km W 2y 3m 4d ➕
Found dead 31 Mar 2026 Benington Back Field, Hertfordshire 0km 2y 6m 21d

GE12461

GG

GG

 1 Ringed 30 Mar 2026 Walkern Hall Farm, Hertfordshire

GV77597

4F

4F

 3 Ringed 04 Aug 2018 Benington Back Field, Hertfordshire
Colour marks read 31 Mar 2019 Bowbeck, Bardwell, Suffolk 82km NE 0y 7m 27d
Colour marks read 08 Mar 2020 Langford Road, Wickham Bishops, Essex 54km ESE 1y 7m 4d
Colour marks read 10 Apr 2020 Wickham Bishops, Essex 55km ESE 1y 8m 6d ➖
Colour marks read 08 May 2020 Wickham Bishops, Essex 55km ESE 1y 9m 4d
Colour marks read 22 Jun 2020 Wickham Bishops, Essex 55km ESE 1y 10m 18d
Colour marks read 05 Jul 2020 Wickham Bishops, Essex 55km ESE 1y 11m 1d
Colour marks read 06 Dec 2020 Wickham Bishops, Essex 55km ESE 2y 4m 2d
Colour marks read 10 Apr 2020
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06 Dec 2020		 Wickham Bishops, Essex 55km ESE 2y 4m 2d ➕
Colour marks read 17 Jan 2021 Langford Road, Wickham Bishops, Essex 54km ESE 2y 5m 13d
Colour marks read 19 Feb 2021 Wickham Bishops, Essex 55km ESE 2y 6m 15d ➖
Colour marks read 20 Apr 2021 Wickham Bishops, Essex 55km ESE 2y 8m 16d
Re-sighted 03 Nov 2021 Wickham Bishops, Essex 55km ESE 3y 2m 30d
Re-sighted 19 Feb 2021
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03 Nov 2021		 Wickham Bishops, Essex 55km ESE 3y 2m 30d ➕
Colour marks read 14 Feb 2022 Heybridge, Essex 58km ESE 3y 6m 10d
Colour marks read 30 Jan 2023 Wickham Bishops, Essex 55km ESE 4y 5m 26d ➖
Colour marks read 28 Jun 2023 Wickham Bishops, Essex 55km ESE 4y 10m 24d
Colour marks read 29 Mar 2026 Wickham Bishops, Essex 55km ESE 7y 7m 25d
Colour marks read 30 Jan 2023
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29 Mar 2026		 Wickham Bishops, Essex 55km ESE 7y 7m 25d ➕

GE12488

FY

FY

 1 Ringed 15 Jun 2025 Walkern Hall Farm, Hertfordshire
Colour marks read 29 Dec 2025 Breachwood Green, Hertfordshire 14km WSW 0y 6m 14d
Colour marks read 22 Mar 2026 Benington Emmas Field, Hertfordshire 2km S 0y 9m 7d

GY02598

ET

ET

 3 Ringed 14 Sep 2023 Benington, Hertfordshire
Colour marks read 15 Jan 2026 Luffenhall, Hertfordshire 8km N 2y 4m 1d ➖
Colour marks read 08 Mar 2026 Luffenhall, Hertfordshire 8km N 2y 5m 22d
Colour marks read 15 Jan 2026
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08 Mar 2026		 Luffenhall, Hertfordshire 8km N 2y 5m 22d ➕

GY18698

GF

GF

 1 Ringed 19 Jun 2025 Hatfield Estate, Hertfordshire
Colour marks read 06 Mar 2026 Hatfield Estate, Hertfordshire 0km 0y 8m 15d

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