Saturday 4th September 2011 - Shenstone

I arrived at the patch mid to late afternoon and decided to check out the Witch Lane area first. On arrival, a Kestrel was present hovering over the potato field and a Common Buzzard was also up.  Further up the lane was a flock of 30 Linnet and a flock of c.50 Lapwing was seen flying over Curslow Lane.

I drew a blank at Heath Lane and the Stanklyn Lane area wasn't much better.  So I headed over to Butts Lane.

At Butts Lane there were c.60 Swallows and c.20 House Martins wheeling around and gathering on the wires.  A Corn Bunting was present on a nearby hedgerow and 2 juvenile Common Buzzard were present nearby.

I then decided to scan around the fairly derelict Eastfields farm as I have recorded Wheatear there previous Autumns.  As I scanned there seemed to be no sign of any chats.  Then suddenly a juvenile Black Redstart flew into view and landed on a fence post...result!  Not long afterwards it was mobbed by a Robin and flew behind the barns.  It then showed on/off perching on the small red brick building.  This was definitely my patch bird of the Autumn...all those hours had paid off!

Black Redstart



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7 comments:

  1. Warren Baker4 September 2011 at 04:55

    Excellent sighting Jase, you are right, all those hours you put in, and persisting through the lean tmes pays off in the end. Nice one :-)

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  2. Pam4 September 2011 at 08:32

    A well deserved sighting Jason! Great pic and video too!

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  3. Jason K4 September 2011 at 08:59

    Cheers Warren...as a fellow local patch birder you can appreciate the amount of time spent with next to nothing...its days like this that really makes it worth while!

    Thanks Pam...much appreciated

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  4. Anonymous4 September 2011 at 09:28

    Nice one, Jason. When you`ve had enough of it, can you will it my way ;-)

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  5. boatbirder4 September 2011 at 15:05

    Jason, I'm thinking that maybe your blessed with this birding lark (no pun intended) and perhaps I should arrange a day out with you :)

    Excellent spot!!!

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  6. Jason K5 September 2011 at 01:27

    Cheers Dean...I will see what I can do mate ;-)

    Thanks Keith...I will let you know if I'm ever heading over Draycote Water or Braandon Marsh way

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  7. Jason K5 September 2011 at 01:27

    excuse the typo...It should read Brandon Marsh

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