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Great Grey Shrike, Upper Longdon
February 29th
Nice sunny day today and when I had finished work (in Birmingham) I did a 20 mile diversion on my way home to the little Staffordshire village of Upper Longdon where a Great Grey Shrike has been in residence. I parked up by the clear fell where the bird had been seen and it took me all of three seconds to spot it – perched on top of a large dead tree.
I watched the bird for a while as it did a circuit all around the clear fell – great bird! Unfortunately there was not much else in the way of avifauna, however it was great just to be stood outside on a brilliantly warm afternoon and the shrike was worth the trip all by itself.
Nice sunny day today and when I had finished work (in Birmingham) I did a 20 mile diversion on my way home to the little Staffordshire village of Upper Longdon where a Great Grey Shrike has been in residence. I parked up by the clear fell where the bird had been seen and it took me all of three seconds to spot it – perched on top of a large dead tree.
I watched the bird for a while as it did a circuit all around the clear fell – great bird! Unfortunately there was not much else in the way of avifauna, however it was great just to be stood outside on a brilliantly warm afternoon and the shrike was worth the trip all by itself.
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