The Red-tailed Chimneysweep
![Black Redstart - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Black-Redstart-The-Hall-of-Einar-4-484x725.jpg)
There’s a beautiful male Black Redstart in the Pratone di Torre Spaccata here in Rome. Unfortunately, this whole area is due to be destroyed by a new cinema studios complex. There are Ancient Roman villas here, together with a fabulous array of wildlife. It’ll all be covered in concrete unless a small committee manage to get political traction. They’ve done everything local people can do: They’ve written letters, appeared on radio and TV, put on fundraisers with a musical event and even collected over 11,000 signatures against the development.
Here are some the experiences I’ve had here, in what is a rough, abandoned piece of wasteland, previously used as a dumping ground, which contains a homeless man sleeping rough and a colony of cats:
More Pratone di Torre Spaccata
![Starling - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Starling-The-Hall-of-Einar-2-300x300.jpg)
![Hobby - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Hobby-The-Hall-of-Einar--300x200.jpg)
![Eastern Dappled White Butterfly - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Eastern-Dappled-White-Butterfly-The-Hall-of-Einar-7-300x200.jpg)
![Transparent Burnet - Zygaena purpuralis - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Transparent-Burnet-Zygaena-purpuralis-Moth-The-Hall-of-Einar-4-200x300.jpg)
![Trichodes alvearius Beetle - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Trichodes-alvearius-Beetle-The-Hall-of-Einar-3-300x200.jpg)
![Bee Eater - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Bee-Eater-The-Hall-of-Einar--300x200.jpg)
![Mullein Moth Caterpillar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Mullein-Moth-Caterpillar-The-Hall-of-Einar-2-300x200.jpg)
![Long-Lipped Tongue Orchid - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Long-Lipped-Tongue-Orchid-The-Hall-of-Einar--200x300.jpg)
![Red-Backed Shrike - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Red-Backed-Shrike-The-Hall-of-Einar-8-300x200.jpg)
Fabulous, isn’t it?
Nature needs a home. There’s so little of it left and it’s squeezed out to the margins, the edges the interstices.
I’ve loved seeing the Black Redstarts here in Rome.
More Black Redstarts
![Black Redstart - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Black-Redstarts-The-Hall-of-Einar-8-300x200.jpg)
![Black Redstart - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Black-Redstart-The-Hall-of-Einar-4-300x200.jpg)
![Black Redstart - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Black-Redstart-The-Hall-of-Einar--300x200.jpg)
![Black Redstart - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Black-Redstart-The-Hall-of-Einar-3-1-300x200.jpg)
![Black Redstart - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Black-Redstart-The-Hall-of-Einar-8-300x200.jpg)
![Black Redstart - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Black-Redstart-The-Hall-of-Einar-2-300x200.jpg)
![Black Redstart - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Black-Redstart-The-Hall-of-Einar-2-725x484.jpg)
I hope the Pratone will stay wild and free for generations to come.
More from il Pratone di Torre Spaccata
![Starling - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Starling-The-Hall-of-Einar-2-300x300.jpg)
![Hobby - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Hobby-The-Hall-of-Einar--300x200.jpg)
![Eastern Dappled White Butterfly - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Eastern-Dappled-White-Butterfly-The-Hall-of-Einar-7-300x200.jpg)
![Transparent Burnet - Zygaena purpuralis - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Transparent-Burnet-Zygaena-purpuralis-Moth-The-Hall-of-Einar-4-200x300.jpg)
![Trichodes alvearius Beetle - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Trichodes-alvearius-Beetle-The-Hall-of-Einar-3-300x200.jpg)
![Bee Eater - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Bee-Eater-The-Hall-of-Einar--300x200.jpg)
![Mullein Moth Caterpillar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Mullein-Moth-Caterpillar-The-Hall-of-Einar-2-300x200.jpg)
![Long-Lipped Tongue Orchid - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Long-Lipped-Tongue-Orchid-The-Hall-of-Einar--200x300.jpg)
![Red-Backed Shrike - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Red-Backed-Shrike-The-Hall-of-Einar-8-300x200.jpg)