UK red kites bring Spanish cousins back from the brink

Katharine Da CostaSouth of EnglandMore than 120 British-born red kite chicks have been released in south-west SpainA British red kite emerges from an aviary in the remote hills of western Spain and takes flight. At six months old, this is its first taste of freedom. Without a sound, it soars high in the sky above scrubland and within seconds disappears from view into a wooded valley in the distance.It is the…