Red kites have established themselves in various parts of the country since they were re-introduced here in 1989, and they now drift well away from the areas such as the Chiltern Hills where they first settled. As carrion eaters, they are often seen over motorways, looking out for animals killed on the road, and can be a positive distraction to drivers. They are wonderful flyers, able to glide on the least scrap of wind, using their long wings and their forked red tail, which they twist in order to turn in the sky. In Scotland a good place to see them is on the Galloway Kite Trail, a 24-mile route round Loch Ken, with information boards and hides from which to look out for the kites along the way. En route, at Bellymack Hill Farm near Laurieston, food is put out for them at 2pm every day, all year round, and up to a hundred of them can come swirling in, often accompanied by a few ravens.