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Originally Posted by Reptilian  Really?
Where are they usually spotted? The garden is tidy, lots of leaves lying around as to be expected but apart from that it's tidy by most standards i would say. The bird seemed very interest in our Chinese fan palm, hovering about the top of it for quite a while. Maybe that has something to do with it, i'm not sure. |
As Gill alluded to they became famous as birds of old bomb sites after last war. They seem to prefer industrial landscapes, particularly in Midlands + London area + green/brown rooves have been adapted to encourage this bird. A guy called Dusty Gedge has done a lot of promotion of this + been on TV several times talking about it. A friend rang me yesterday to say she'd found one in a small cemetery in Ealing.
The power station area at Dungeness is another classic Black Redstart site with breeding birds.