Nick Sharpe found two Whinchats yesterday at Brascote, which continued the run of good birds in my local area. Adey Baker and I along with Nick looked for them early in the evening, but had no luck. However, David Mitchell stuck with it and saw three Whinchats and a couple of Wheatears after 8.00pm.
Before work this morning I revisited the site and was very pleased to find a male Redstart and two of the three Whinchats.
The photo of the Redstart definitely belongs in the record shot category.
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| Male Redstart, Brascote Pits, August 27th 2019 |
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| Whinchat, Brascote Pits, August 27th 2019 |
