Red kites: Injured bird of prey released after treatment

Name: Red kites: Injured bird of prey released after treatment
Uploaded: 2015-10-13T14:40:39.000Z
Duration: 2 min 24 s
Description: An injured bird of prey, which had become a key member of a breeding programme designed to reintroduce red kites to Northern Ireland, is returned to the wild after treatment.

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An injured bird of prey, which had become a key member of a breeding programme designed to reintroduce red kites to Northern Ireland, has been returned to the wild after treatment.

BBC News NI's environment correspondent Conor Macauley filmed the moment the bird was released.

Northern Ireland

13 October 2015