Great Grey Shrike

[Dawesy]

Pleased to track this 1st winter bird down on Cannock chase as they are somewhat a rare winter visitor to my part of the world. The bird was very flighty and kept its distance so this is a bigger crop than I would have ideally liked but it was the best I could get and not sure how l long it will stick around.
Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor) by Steve Dawes, on Flickr

[Trev B]

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Well captured Steve. We got one at the moment up on the Heath but it keeps to isolated bushes at a distance, no way can you close in on it.

[Stan]

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lost a bit of quality from the crop but nevertheless a great find

[Bill53]

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Well captured Steve.

Bill.

[Dawesy]

Re: Great Grey Shrike

Thanks Trev , Stan and Bill.

[Swanny48]

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Great Grey Shrike and stag aren’t generally mistaken for each other

John

[Dawesy]

Re: Great Grey Shrike

Great Grey Shrike and stag aren’t generally mistaken for each other

John

Thanks John , a clear senior moment lol , now corrected

[tigerburnie]

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Well done, we have one near us, but my only shot is a very distant one, they are tricky wee things to get a picture of.