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Red Kite fine-art print in the Audubon tradition. The soaring master of Welsh skies, reintroduced across Britain, on archival Hahnemuhle cotton rag.
Each print is made to order. You can cancel within 12 hours of ordering, after which it goes into production and cannot be cancelled. Secure checkout via Stripe.
Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm.
The Red Kite (Milvus milvus) soars with its wings held flat and its deeply forked tail working as a rudder, making constant small adjustments. From below, a Red Kite over a Welsh hillside shows the russet-orange body, the pale head, and the distinctive triangular negative space where the tail forks. It is one of the most aerobatic large birds in the British sky, able to circle in a thermal that would barely hold a Buzzard.
The species was reduced to a handful of Welsh birds by the early 20th century - persecution was systematic and nearly complete across England and Scotland. The Welsh population survived in mid-Wales and remained there for decades, a population of a few dozen pairs on the edge. Since the 1989 reintroduction programme, Red Kites now breed in the Chilterns, Scotland, Ireland, and across much of their former range. They visit feeding stations and follow farm machinery in numbers.
The Audubon plate shows the bird in a soaring pose, wings level, the forked tail slightly fanned. Seen from below, which is how most people see them, the russet body and the pale head and the forked tail silhouette are the three marks that need nothing else.
This is a British and European raptor rather than an American one, and it belongs to a different collection than the eagles and hawks of the New World. It is the print for someone with roots in Britain or Ireland, a walker of the Welsh hills or the Chilterns, or a collector building a wider set of world raptors. For an American bird of prey gift, the bald eagle, the red-tailed hawk or the osprey are the more natural choices.
Unframed prints come on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm, a heavyweight cotton rag with a soft matte surface and true archival life. The surface holds fine lines and subtle colour gradients without glare, which matters for Audubon-tradition work where the cream ground needs to read as paper, not as a white field. The framed option is set in a classic moulding, glazed and ready to hang, in black, white or natural.
Three sizes: 8x10, 16x20 and 24x30 inches, or an instant digital download at $9. Prints from $39. Framed from $99.
Each print is made to order through our global print partner and shipped from the production lab nearest you - allow a few days for printing plus local tracked delivery.
Each print is made to order. You can change or cancel it within 12 hours of ordering. After that it goes into production and can no longer be cancelled, though we will always put right anything that arrives damaged.
The available sizes (up to 24x30 inches) and any framed finishes are shown above. Choose yours before checkout.
Yes - each print is sized to fit standard frames. Framed finishes are offered on many prints.
Because each print is made to order, contact us within 14 days of delivery and we will put it right.
