Black Redstarts

The Red-tailed Chimneysweep

There’s a beautiful male Black Redstart in the Pratone di Torre Spaccata here in Rome. Unfortunately, this whole area is due to …

Hooded Crows and koinophilia In Rome in 2022 we could see 300 Hooded Crows in an evening in a single field, as …

Black Redstarts are lively. More lively than me this morning. They’re flitting in an elaborate pattern across the scrub in this park …

2021 was another year spent on-hold, waiting with awful music playing, and the same repeated message, with no guarantee that I would …

One of my favourite Black Redstart photographs from this year. Lovely, aren’t they?

Are you tired of seeing my photographs of Black Redstarts yet? I’m beginning to feel like one of those 1970s dads with …

It’s time for another trip to the nearest waste ground, which counts as the natural world these days, to see the Black …

The Italian name for the Black Redstart is Codirosso Spazzacamino. It means red-tailed chimney sweep. I love their ash-grey plumage. This week …

Here’s a handsome Italian chap: He’s a Codirosso Spazzacamino, a male Black Redstart. What fine plumage he has. Spazzacamino means chimney sweep …

I’ve a day in the park at Parco della Caffarella in Rome. Having said that, I’ll probably spend a fair amount of …

Black Redstarts are rare in the UK. Here in Parco della Caffarella in Rome they are everywhere. They’re the equivalent of Robins …

There’s a Black Redstart in the park here in Italy. I’m at Parco della Caffarella for the afternoon and finding the Black …

I’m back on the banks of the River Tevere in Rome. It’s teeming with wildlife, despite the hard landscaping and high banks …

I love Black Redstarts; they behave so much like Robins. Both are members of the same family, being Old World Flycatchers. Here’s …