Wednesday 21 March 2012
Butcherbird territory
Another trip out with JR today took us into butcherbird territory in Clocaenog and after the climb up to Craig Bron Bonag mast we were straight on to the great grey shrike which performed well for nearly an hour. Joined by Alan Davies and Ken Croft and Co in the later stages of our stay. Caught up with an obliging pair of crossbills later but the light was awful for any decent shots. Chucked some seed on a picnic table while we lunched and within a couple of minutes had two nuthatches joining us for grub. Carried on to a site near Bodfari which is John's fave spot for ring ouzels but none in yet.
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I hate that shrike. Dipped it in my lunch hour today.
ReplyDeleteWe had a brilliant day! Etienne and Matt joined us and the guys managed to photogragh GG Shrike, Goshawk, Crossbills and Red Grouse, amazing stuff, some of the pictures were just brilliant!! Come and join us for great birds great fun and great pics!!
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Sorry about that Kev, you've just got to run up that hill faster!
ReplyDeleteI hate that bloody shrike too, dipped it 3 times this winter. Sick of the site of that hill!
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