Wednesday 20th July 2011 - Shenstone

I decided to do a brief evening visit to the patch today, just to mix things up a little.  

I arrived around 8pm and headed to Stanklyn Lane paddocks first.  Here there was a summer flock of 20 Mistle Thrush.   I also recorded a juvenile Green Woodpecker in the one paddock and a Yellow Wagtail flew over calling.

From Stanklyn Lane I popped to Barrs Lane next where I was greeted by the sight of 3 Common Buzzards (2 juvenile and 1 adult) all perched in the same tree. The young Buzzards were calling regularly.

My final patch stop was to check on one of the Little Owl territories.  On arriving I was overjoyed to see a rather downy looking juvenile Little Owl sat in a tree with an adult sat on another branch a few feet higher.  This is great news as it it the 2nd successive year that they have bred here. 

Little Owl (juvenile)
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4 comments:

  1. Warren Baker21 July 2011 at 10:58

    A very productive evening wander Jase, excellent news on the Little Owls

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  2. Jason K21 July 2011 at 11:11

    Thanks Warren...it was indeed productive. It's funny how it just pays to mix up the timings of the visits now and again.

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  3. Mark22 July 2011 at 06:15

    owltastic news mate !!

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  4. Jason K22 July 2011 at 08:13

    Cheers Mark...it is great news

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