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Stephen Moss on the Red Kite

Writer Stephen Moss remembers childhood holidays looking for red kites in Wales.

A new series of Tweet of the Day for Sunday morning revealing personal and fascinating stories from some fresh voices who have been inspired by birds, their calls and encounters.

The red kite was once a very rare bird indeed. For nature writer and ornithologist Stephen Moss he recalls that as a child he would persuade his mother to drive him to mid Wales in search of these enigmatic birds. Today thanks to a reintroduction programme across the country red kites are a familiar sight even while driving along motorways, but that thrill of seeing his first red kite as a child has never left him.

Producer : Andrew Dawes for 大象传媒 Audio in Bristol
Studio engineer : Suzy Robins

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Sun 30 Jun 2024 08:58

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