Kite Collection

Red Kite - adult in flight, Powys, Wales, UK
DK-15 Red Kite - adult in flight, Powys, Wales, UK Milvus milvus David Kilbey Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Red Kite in flight at RSPB site, UK - situated at Gigrin Farm, Rhayade, r Powys
MAB-53 Red Kite in flight at RSPB site UK Milvus milvus situated at Gigrin Farm, Rhayade, r Powys, Mid-Wales the site attracts as many as 300 red kites which are fed daily

Red Kite - in flight
WAT-16202 Red Kite - in flight Milvus milvus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Red Kite in flight at RSPB site Wales, UK - at Gigrin Farm, Rhayade, r Powys
MAB-54 Red Kite in flight at RSPB site Wales UK Milvus milvus at Gigrin Farm, Rhayade, r Powys, Mid-Wales where up to 300 red kites congregate for their daily feed Mark Boulton Please note that

Red Kite - In flight - Wales - UK - Protected in the UK and increasing its range - Mainly found in Wales - Found in
CAN-3161 Red Kite - in flight Wales, UK Milvus milvus Protected in the UK and increasing its range John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Red Kite - in flight
WAT-16203 Red Kite - in flight Milvus milvus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Red kite, historical artwork
Red kite. Historical artwork of a red kite (Milvus milvus) perched on a branch. This bird of prey inhabits woodland near open country across most of Europe, apart from the northern parts

Kite surfing, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

Red Kite - in flight Gigrin Farm, Wales BI003134
COS-1328 Red Kite - in flight Gigrin Farm, Wales Milvus milvus Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Red Kite - In flight - Wales - UK - Protected in the UK and increasing its range - Mainly found in Wales - Found in
CAN-3158 Red Kite - in flight Wales, UK Milvus milvus Protected in the UK and increasing its range John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Red Kite Milvus milvus Mid Wales winter

Red kite, Milvus milvus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History)

Red Kite - In flight, soaring over nest territory in april. Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-1573 Red KITE - in flight, soaring over nest territory in april Lower Saxony, Germany Milvus milvus Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Red Kite - in flight - Wales - UK
DAC-340 Red Kite - in flight Wales - UK Milvus milvus David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Dropping from a Kite Balloon 1917
A British observer drops from the car of a kite balloon, attached to the parachute which is hanging over the side of the basket. His colleague has already jumped and is on his way to the ground

Picture No. 10884372
Red Kite - in low flight over field - searching for carrion (Milvus milvus) Date:

Red Kite Milvus milvus Mid Wales March

Kite festival in Terengganu, on the east coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Red Kite with wing tags in flight, UK - at RSPB supported feeding site Gigrin Farm, Rhayader Powys, Mid-Wales
MAB-50 Red Kite with wing tags in flight UK Milvus milvus at RSPB supported feeding site Gigrin Farm, Rhayader Powys, Mid-Wales Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Swallow-Tailed Kite
AMERICAN SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Elaboides furcatus)

Amy Johnson helping to tow a Kirby Kite sailplane c 1938
Amy Johnson helping to tow a Kirby Kite sailplane. circa 1938. The driver is Ann Edmonds who later became Ann Welch. Date: 1938

Red Kite - in flight Gigrin Farm, Wales BI003143
COS-1329 Red Kite - in flight Gigrin Farm, Wales Milvus milvus Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Red Kite - In flight - Wales - UK - Protected in the UK and increasing its range - Mainly found in Wales - Found in
CAN-3157 Red Kite - in flight Wales, UK Milvus milvus Protected in the UK and increasing its range John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Swallow-tailed Kite
JZ-2045 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Distribution: United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina. Formerly Falco forficatus Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal

Swallow-tailed Kite
JZ-2046 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Distribution: United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina. Formerly Falco forficatus Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal

Pioneers of Aerial Navigation
WH48619 Pioneers of Aerial Navigation by Harvey, Harold (1874-1941); Private Collection; Photo © Whitford & Hughes, London, UK

Spain-Festival-Air-Kite
A man handles a giant kite flying amongst others during the Festival Internacional del Viento (International Festival of Wind) at Malvarrosa beach, in Valencia on April 23, 2017

The Scout magazine front cover, Special Summer Camping Numbe
Front cover of The Scout magazine, " the only weekly official organ of the Boy Scouts" featuring a happy boy scout flying a kite while all his fellow scouts carry out the manly tasks of

Andrew Lynford actor January 1999, Eastenders actor with co star Melanie Clark Pullen holding kite

Cody Kite Recovered
The Royal Navy recover one of Codys military kites from Portsmouth Harbour. Date: 1903

Aerial photograph of ruined suburbs, Arras, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (Canadian) of the ruined suburbs of Arras in northern France, taken from a kite balloon during the First World War. Date: November 1917

Channel tunnel. Historical artwork of a tunnel beneath the English Channel through which Napoleons troops are moving to invade England

HIROSHIGE: KITES, 1857. Carp kites flown from masts. Color woodblock print from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Red Kite Milvus milvus Mid Wales

Red Kite Milvus milvus Mid Wales UK March

Starlings - and Red Kite in flight, autumn twilight Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-1867 Starlings - and Red Kite (Milvus milvus) in flight, autumn twilight Lower Saxony, Germany Sturnus vulgaris Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

The man in the Moon
A boy, retrieving his kite from the branches of a tree, finds himself confronted by the Man in the Moon

Black-breasted Buzzard and Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) arguing Black-breasted Buzzards are uncommon Australian
DH-4181 Black-breasted Buzzard and Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) - Feeding on an Agile Wallaby (Macropus agilis) Near Mt Barnett, Gibb River Road, Kimberley

First World War surveillance kite. US soldier being lifted up by a surveillance kite during the First World War (1914-1918)

Red Kite-In flight Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-1839 Red Kite - In flight Lower Saxony, Germany Milvus milvus Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Taiko drumming group, Otako age giant kite flying festival, Sagamihara, Kanagawa prefecture, near Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Follow your dream
Natalia Simongulashvili ( NATALIORION )

Zoology: Birds, Red Kite (Milvus milvus) and Black Kite (Milvus migrans) flying, illustration
Zoology - Birds - Falconiformes - Red Kite (Milvus milvus) and Black Kite (Milvus migrans) flying, illustration

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Kite surfers, Colico, Lake Como, Italian Lakes, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Little Boy with a Kite
A young boy experiences the joy of making his kite fly

King swallowtail and Jamaican kite butterfly (endangered)
King swallowtail butterfly, Papilio thoas 1, 2, and Jamaican kite swallowtail, Protographium marcellinus (endangered) 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

New-Year's Day in Japan - game of battledore and shuttlecock in the streets of Yokohama, 1865. Creator: Unknown
New-Year's Day in Japan - game of battledore and shuttlecock in the streets of Yokohama, 1865. Illustration of...Japanese manners and customs which we have received from our Special Artist

Double Gymnastics
Hai Lin 雪原

Red kite
Alex Zhao

Giorni felici
Walter Caterina

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Illustration for David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (litho)
8664385 Illustration for David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (litho) by Furniss, Harry (1854-1925) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Dick with his kite)

Alexander Graham Bell (right) experimenting with an x-beam tetrahedral kite, designer Mr
NWI4948745 Alexander Graham Bell (right) experimenting with an x-beam tetrahedral kite, designer Mr. Baldwin next to Dr Bell

Society of the Middle Ages: Medievale fete in Milan, Italy. From a manuscript from the Middle Ages (15th century)
NWI4868481 Society of the Middle Ages: Medievale fete in Milan, Italy. From a manuscript from the Middle Ages (15th century)

AVALOS, Fernando Francisco (1490-1546). Spanish general. Xylography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid
CUL4931262 AVALOS, Fernando Francisco (1490-1546). Spanish general. Xylography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid

Plan of Milan with the churches, 1700
QUA5033530 Plan of Milan with the churches, 1700; (add.info.: Plan of Milan with the churches, 1700); Photo © Mauro Ranzani

Pagoda of Linqing, Daqiao village, Shandong Province, China. Eight-story tower in white brick and varnished tile
FLO4722593 Pagoda of Linqing, Daqiao village, Shandong Province, China. Eight-story tower in white brick and varnished tile, about 240 feet high

View of the Great Wall of China near Kou-Pee-Keow, at the pass between China and Eastern Tartary
FLO4722492 View of the Great Wall of China near Kou-Pee-Keow, at the pass between China and Eastern Tartary. From Samuel Holmes (18th-19th century) Journal of a Voyage to China and Tartary

Male giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. From Francois Le Vaillant (Levaillant)
FLO4722824 Male giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. From Francois Le Vaillant (Levaillant, 1753-1824) Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Specimens of the Uminn and Uchen characters in the language of Tibet. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis From
FLO4722375 Specimens of the Uminn and Uchen characters in the language of Tibet. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis From Captain Samuel Turner (1759-1802)

View of the village of Chuka, Tibet. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis From Captain Samuel Turner (1759-1802)
FLO4722277 View of the village of Chuka, Tibet. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis From Captain Samuel Turner (1759-1802) Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet 1800

Le Vaillant's camp on the banks of the Orange River in the Richtersveld
FLO4722707 Le Vaillant's camp on the banks of the Orange River in the Richtersveld. A giraffe skin is undergoing taxidermy on a frame

Monuments on Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Artist Gaspard Duche de Vancy sketching a Moai while a native steals his hat
FLO4722183 Monuments on Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Artist Gaspard Duche de Vancy sketching a Moai while a native steals his hat. From Jean Francois de Galaup, Count of La Perouse (1741-1788) Journal

Male and female reindeer, Rangifer tarandus. Illustration From Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) Travels through Norway
FLO4722117 Male and female reindeer, Rangifer tarandus. Illustration From Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) Travels through Norway, and Lapland, 1813

Man and woman of Norway in traditional costume. Illustration From Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) Travels through Norway
FLO4722029 Man and woman of Norway in traditional costume. Illustration From Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) Travels through Norway, and Lapland, 1813

View of Copenhagen, Denmark, circa 1808. Illustration From Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) Travels through Norway
FLO4722003 View of Copenhagen, Denmark, circa 1808. Illustration From Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) Travels through Norway, and Lapland, 1813

Castle of the Seven Towers (Yedikule Fortress), Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey
FLO4721884 Castle of the Seven Towers (Yedikule Fortress), Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey. Illustration From Francois Pouqueville (1770-1838), Travels through More

Man and woman of Arcadia, the Peloponnese, Greece. Illustration from Francois Pouquevilleos Travels through More
FLO4721832 Man and woman of Arcadia, the Peloponnese, Greece. Illustration from Francois Pouquevilleos Travels through More, Albania and several other parts of the Ottoman Empire, 1805

Mohammad Karim Khan Zand or Karim Han, founder of the Zand Dynasty, 1705-1779
FLO4723015 Mohammad Karim Khan Zand or Karim Han, founder of the Zand Dynasty, 1705-1779. Illustration from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814) Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia

Reilefs from the momument of Taq-e Bostan on the outskirts of Kermanshah, Persia
FLO4722961 Reilefs from the momument of Taq-e Bostan on the outskirts of Kermanshah, Persia. The king hunting deer and boar 1, and the coronation of Shapur III with his father Shapur II, 2

Kurdish man with shield and club. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814)
FLO4722910 Kurdish man with shield and club. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814) Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Cape baboon or chacma baboon, Papio ursinus. From Francois Le Vaillant (Levaillant)
FLO4722878 Cape baboon or chacma baboon, Papio ursinus. From Francois Le Vaillant (Levaillant, 1753-1824) Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus. From Francois Le Vaillant (Levaillant)
FLO4722837 Common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus. From Francois Le Vaillant (Levaillant, 1753-1824) Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Japanese sailboat. Illustration by Jean Louis Prevost From Jean Francois de Galaup
FLO4722474 Japanese sailboat. Illustration by Jean Louis Prevost From Jean Francois de Galaup, Earl of La Perouse (1741-1788) Journal

Young San woman nursing child, South Africa. She wears a cape, necklaces and beaded skirt
FLO4722815 Young San woman nursing child, South Africa. She wears a cape, necklaces and beaded skirt. From Francois Le Vaillant (Levaillant, 1753-1824) Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Young San man, with spears, South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillant (Levaillant)
FLO4722813 Young San man, with spears, South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillant (Levaillant, 1753-1824) Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Noble Namaqua man of South Africa. He wears a fur cape and codpiece, and holds a spear.from Francois Le Vaillant
FLO4722760 Noble Namaqua man of South Africa. He wears a fur cape and codpiece, and holds a spear.from Francois Le Vaillant (Levaillant, 1753-1824) Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

View of the village of Mina, in the desert of Arafat (Tent City, Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
FLO4721782 View of the village of Mina, in the desert of Arafat (Tent City, Mecca, Saudi Arabia). Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia

A fountain among the mountains of Paphos, Cyprus. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi (Domingo Badia y Leblich)
FLO4723272 A fountain among the mountains of Paphos, Cyprus. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi (Domingo Badia y Leblich, 1767-1818) from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia

View of Morocco and the cordillera of the Atlas mountains. Illustration by Michallon from (Domingo Badia y Leblich)
FLO4723217 View of Morocco and the cordillera of the Atlas mountains. Illustration by Michallon from (Domingo Badia y Leblich, 1767-1818) Ali Bey el Abbassi's Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus

Women of the Mordvin Moksha (Mordve mokchane) people in traditional costume of embroidered skirts and many accessories
FLO4723093 Women of the Mordvin Moksha (Mordve mokchane) people in traditional costume of embroidered skirts and many accessories

Milan: The famous Gothic Cathedral of Milan, 1885
LUX4714062 Milan: The famous Gothic Cathedral of Milan, 1885; (add.info.: Milan: The famous Gothic Cathedral of Milan, 1885); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Milan: Monument to Leonard de Vinci, 1885
LUX4712534 Milan: Monument to Leonard de Vinci, 1885; (add.info.: Milan: Monument to Leonard de Vinci, 1885); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Barnabe Visconti (1323-1385), seigneur of Milan - Bernabo Visconti, Lord of Milan, Italian soldier and statesman
FLO4677157 Barnabe Visconti (1323-1385), seigneur of Milan - Bernabo Visconti, Lord of Milan, Italian soldier and statesman, 14th century - He wears a gold diadem, black armour

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"Captivating Red Kite Soars Through the Skies of Wales and Beyond" Witness the majestic beauty of a Red Kite in flight, as it gracefully glides through the skies above Powys, Wales, UK. This adult bird showcases its vibrant red feathers against a backdrop of endless blue, captivating all who are lucky enough to witness its aerial prowess. At Gigrin Farm in Rhayade, Powys, Mid-Wales lies an RSPB site that acts as a haven for these magnificent creatures. Up to 300 red kites gather here daily to feast on their nourishing meals provided by dedicated caretakers, and is truly a sight to behold as these birds fill the sky with their graceful presence. Delve into history and admire historical artwork depicting the striking image of a Red Kite in flight. These depictions serve as reminders of this species' significance throughout time and its enduring allure. Protected within the United Kingdom's borders, this beautiful raptor is steadily increasing its range. While predominantly found in Wales, it can also be spotted across western Europe and even parts of northern Africa. Its preferred habitat consists of open wooded land where it thrives amidst nature's embrace. Venturing beyond Wales takes us to Lower Saxony, Germany where we find another stunning display - a Red Kite soaring over its nest territory in April. The breathtaking scenery adds another layer of wonderment to this already awe-inspiring creature. For those seeking adventure on water rather than air, kite surfing awaits you in Maldives' crystal-clear waters within the Indian Ocean off Asia's coast. Embrace adrenaline-fueled excitement while harnessing wind power with your kite high above you - an exhilarating experience like no other. Whether at Gigrin Farm or any other location around Wales or beyond, witnessing a Red Kite take flight is nothing short of magical.