Wingspan of the Red kite - (Published by GETTY IMAGES)

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Photograph taken at an altitude of Two hundred and forty metres at 15.17pm on Tuesday May 7th 2024 off South Street in Rhayader, Mid-Wales from the Low level professional photography hide at Gigrin Farm feeding station. 

The Red Kite (Milvus Milvus) is a medium sized bird of prey (Raptor) in the Accipitridae family, and was saved from national extinction by a long running protection programme. It has now been successfully re-introduced into England and Scotland, and Wales, and they are listed under schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside act, currently with a green status.

They can reach 66cms in length with up to a 195cms wingspan, and there around 4,600 breeding pairs in the UK in 2024.
 
Nikon D850  Single-lens reflex digital camera  F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor   46.89 Million total pixels   Hand held   Focal length: 460mm     Shutter speed: 1/2000s (Mechanical shutter)    Aperture f/9.0    Auto iso360   Tamron  Vibration Control set to position 1   Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504)  14 Bit uncompressed    Focus mode: AF-C Priority Selection: Release   Nikon Back button focusing enabled     AF-Focus area: 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points     Exposure mode: Manual mode     Metering mode: Centre weighted metering      Active D-Lighting: Normal  White balance on: Natural light auto, 0, 0    Colour space: Adobe RGB    Picture control: (SD) Standard  (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)   

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2.  Nikon GP-1 GPS module.  Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.  Nikon EN-EL15a battery.  

LATITUDE: N 52d 17m 49.60s
LONGITUDE: W  3d 29m 42.00s
ALTITUDE: 240.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB  NEF: 91.4MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 28.80MB

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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022)  LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition  AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit  processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022).  Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

Taken in: UK / Wales / Rhayader / Rhayader (show map)

Taken on: May 7, 2024

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/9.0, 1/2000 sec, 600mm, ISO 360 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/2000)
Focal Length:	600mm
ISO:	360
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 Windows
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