14/04/2019
The RSPB
has warned the public not to feed Red Kites after
two toddlers were alleged to have been left with cuts following a close
encounter with the species in Buckinghamshire.
The
incident was said to have taken place at Higginson Park, Marlow, when two
children – aged three and five – had their sandwiches stolen by a
quick-thinking kite. Their mother, Emily Viarnaud, claimed one of
her daughters was left with a small scratch on her head and said she's now
worried about letting her children outside. Consequently, the RSPB issued a
statement asking people not to feed Red Kites.
Ms Viarnaud
said: "We were just sitting in the park on a bench and got sandwiches out.
A few seconds later and it [the Red Kite] swooped down and went for my
daughter's sandwich. It didn’t get that and it then went for my son's. My
daughter was quite scared and was more upset about it. We went inside and they
didn't want to go back outside again. I have literally never heard of this
happening before.
"I
wouldn't want to leave them outside, even in our garden at home, with food. We
often have swarms of Red Kites outside in the afternoon. I wasn't really
worried about it before but I am now. I just want more people to be aware that
this can happen."
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