Monday 15 December 2014

I've seen the butcher (bird)

Yesterday I was out for a few hours in the morning with SH. First stop was Holywell Pond which held a group of 18 Pochard and a ringed Med Gull was amongst the BH Gulls from the public hide. Arcot was quiet so Steve dropped me off at WH.  A LBB Gull on the main pool and a Stonechat on the reed tops on the Snipe field were the highlights until I noticed something on the row of dead trees running between the pools. It turned out to be Cramlingtons second and West Hartfords first Great Grey Shrike. This long overdue patch prediction soon moved further along the dead trees and later showed much more distantly in the tops of some bushes nearer the river.  


2 comments:

Northumbrian Birding said...

Yes a very good find for anywhere , but especially good for your patch ,nice one.
Mike Henry observed it kill and carry off a Vole today.
Brian

Crammy Birder said...

Wow I would have liked to have seen that! hopefully it will stay all winter so I can get some better views