Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Fri, Apr 20th 2018 at 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
After lunch our speaker will be Judy Summerson, who will speak about the Red Kites of Gateshead. We will also be welcoming visitors from the Rotary Club of Grangemouth. This will be an Open Day: members, please invite guests!
The red kite is one of Britain's rarest and most spectacular birds, especially at close quarters. Between 2004 and 2007 the Northern Kites Project re-introduced 94 red kites into the lower Derwent Valley. This Project was unique; whereas the previous ones had been carried out in rural areas, this one brought back the kites to a semi-urban environment, close to the large conurbation of Gateshead and its neighbour on the north bank of the River Tyne, Newcastle. People can now walk to admire the red kites in the Lower Derwent Valley and yet, in the distance, they can see the silver roof of The Sage Gateshead.
Judy is a member of the presentation team of the Friends of the Red Kites in North-East England and has been involved with the project since its inception. She last visited our Club about eight years ago when she gave us a very interesting talk about the project and it will be good to hear from her again as to how the kites are faring.
Further details of the Frends of the Red Kites may be found on their website at http://www.friendsofredkites.org.uk/
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