Pose please

Went back to Stow maries first thing this morning and was pleased to see the Great Grey Shrike was a little bit more photogenic for me this time round.

Bonus Bramblings !!

Made a trip to Thriftwood today in hope of finding a lesser spotted woodpecker. Id spent 4 hours searching the woods with no luck. So decided to make my way back to the car when i came across a large flock of finches feeding on the local farmers field. So i set up my scope and had a scan through them and soon noticed about 7 Brambling feeding amongst the Chaffinches and Linnets. How pleased i was with myself and a day not wasted after all. Il be back there this weekend looking for the lesser spot once again.

March Migrant

Had permission to visit the M.o.D ranges on Friday afternoon, and how pleased i was to find a nice early Wheatear for my year list.

Operation Butcher Bird !!

Today's target was this Great Grey Shrike, that had been found on the Stow maries Aerodrome near Cold Norton. Known as the butcher bird because it strikes its prey, usually lizards or small mammals with its feet. Then it impales them on the spikes of a blackthorn bush or on the barb of a barbed wire fence. So at last another new species for my blog and my Essex tick for 2011. Mission complete.