Monday 19 March 2012

First Wheatear

Popped over to Norton Green after work. Conditions were pretty good, fine and sunny. Did not take all that long to locate the male Wheatear-birds have been passing through since Friday.
Unfortunately the two Black redstarts seen earlier in the day appear to have gone-I spent a while searching but bumped into an old acquaintance Stefan, from way back who had been up earlier and failed to find them.
Seem to be a lot of Green Woodpeckers at the moment, as well as Red Legged Partridge and Skylark. Seem to be a lot of Blackbirds too-unfortunately none with a white crescent!

Tuesday morning update-a pager message last night reported that both Black Redstarts were seen about ten minutes after I left in exactly the area we had been searching.

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