Gigrin Farm Red Kite Feeding 2026
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Gigrin Farm Red Kite Feeding Centre
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Tickets may be purchased online up to 11.30am on the day you wish to visit. At 11.30am the online site for that day closes to allow us to print our door-list. However, we may still have availability - please telephone to enquire - 01597 810243
Gigrin Farm, famous for its Red Kite Feeding, attracts visitors from around the world. This family run centre is set in the beautiful countryside of Mid-Wales, overlooking both the Wye and Elan valleys and just half a mile from the town of Rhayader.
Hundreds of wild Red Kites are fed here every day. It’s a breath-taking spectacle and is the best place in the UK to see and photograph these beautiful birds of prey (including rare leucistic Red Kites) in their natural environment.
The Red Kites are fed once daily at 2pm GMT (from the last Sunday in October to the last Saturday in March) and 3pm BST (from the last Sunday in March to the last Saturday in October BST). The Centre opens at 12.30pm and closes at 5pm. Please note there is no access onto the farm until 12.30pm when the Kite Centre opens.
The number of Kites being fed varies dependent upon the time of year from around 200 in the summer to 500 in the colder months. Rare leucistic (white) Red Kites frequently visit the farm.
Gigrin Farm is a bird-watchers’ paradise, appealing to families, educational groups and professional photographers/film-makers alike. Facilities include covered standard hides (hides 2, 3 & 5 have ramp access), an outdoor viewing field, and specialist photographic hides (please see the website for more information). The standard hides (1-5) are all located on the perimeter of the feeding field and all offer an equal experience. Hide 5 is a 'no-dog' hide. The viewing field is in an elevated postion, further away from the feeding field, and offers a more panaromic view of the birds.
There is a coffee shop (cakes, hot and cold drinks, ice-creams), gift shop, pic-nic site, and a way-marked farm walk, with on-site car-parking and toilet facilities (including disabled facilities).
Well behaved dogs are welcome on the farm but are not permitted in the coffee shop, gift shop, Hide 5, and the specialist photographic hides. They must be kept on a short lead and be under adult control at all times. We allow one dog per adult free of charge with any additional dogs being charged for at £5 per dog payable on arrival at the farm.
Open every day during half terms and Easter school holidays (please check the booking calendar as different regions have different school closures). August open daily.
Blue Peter Badge holders - free admission to BP badge holder up to age 16 with one full paying adult. Please select the FOC Blue Peter ticket option to reserve places for BP badge holders.
December opening times - open weekends of 5th/6th, 12th/13th, 19th/20th. Re-open daily 28th to 31st inclusive.
