A sighting of the first red kite in London for 150 years was reported in `` The Independent '' newspaper in January 2006 and in June of that year , the UK-based Northern Kites Project reported that kites had bred in the Derwent Valley in and around Rowlands Gill , Tyne and Wear for the first time since the re-introduction .
A sighting of the first red kite in London for 150 years was reported in `` The Independent '' newspaper in January 2006 . In June 2006 , the UK-based Northern Kites Project reported that kites had bred in the Derwent Valley , Tyne and Wear for the first time since the re-introduction .