Wednesday 20th April 2011 - Shenstone

An interesting visit to the patch this morning.  On the northern side of Shenstone (ie. Butts Lane, Heath Lane and Stanklyn Lane) I recorded no less than 8 singing Common Whitethroat.  One of which, along Heath Lane, already appears to have found a mate.

Spring migration was still evident today with 2 flyover Yellow Wagtails.  One flew over Heath Lane heading West and the other over Witch Lane heading NW.  2 Northern Wheatears (1♂) were also present on the plough along Witch Lane and the Cuckoo still remains singing from the grounds of the Islamic School on Heath Lane.

A House Martin was seen over the cricket ground at the start of Witch Lane.

Whilst on Butts Lane a ♀ Mallard came waddling past me with 13 chicks in tow...it was one of those sights that really warmed the cockles...see the photos below.

Common Whitethroat - Shenstone,  April 2011:
Mallard with chicks - Shenstone - 20th April 2011:

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4 comments:

  1. Warren Baker24 April 2011 at 11:05

    Touche! with the Whitethroat photo Jase :-)

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  2. Jason K24 April 2011 at 11:31

    Ha...yours are somewhat better than mine warren...the light was all wrong and every shot I took he turned slightly so I didntcatch his whitethroat whilst singing...ah weel there in for the summer now so I'm sure better photos will follow

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  3. Anonymous24 April 2011 at 13:29

    Nice images, Jason.

    Mike.

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  4. Jason K24 April 2011 at 13:59

    Thanks Mike

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