The Friends of Red Kites (FoRK) group is appealing to the public to submit sightings of Red Kites in North-east England to help the group with its conservation monitoring efforts.
Some of the grouse moors in NE England have become notorious blackspots for raptor persecution, where reports of the shooting and poisoning of Red Kites are all too frequent, along with suspicious ‘disappearances’ of tagged birds (e.g. see here, here, here, here).
The efforts of the entirely voluntary FoRK team, not only monitoring the local kite population but also engaging the public to take ownership of ‘their’ kites, is commendable.
If you’re in the area and want to report a Red Kite sighting or get more involved with FoRK’s activities, please contact them via their website here.
Raptor Persecution UK 
Heard of one in Wigan yesterday….
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see them in lowestoft Suffolk every day,
Not the NE but we have a Red Kites near Stretton Under Fosse. CV230PR.
seen one today in barrow Suffolk hunting
we see red kite daily Stocksfield Northumberland
You see them in abundance around Bramham and Skipton also harewood north Yorkshire . But persecuted in Westerdale and Rosedale and Bransdale in north Yorkshire same as buzzards.