September 1st 2010

After finishing my night shift & knowing the weather was going to be good i got a cpl of hrs sleep then headed down to Biggleswade,Bedfordshire for the Adult female Red-backed Shrike that has been present for a few days,after a short drive (about 1 1/2 hrs from home) I was soon on site,after about 1/2 hr of waiting i decided to try my luck on the other side of the railway 'bingo' the bird was just sitting there! spent about 3hrs watching it but was gettin twitchy for about 2 of them as i'd recieved a txt from John Judge informing me of the fact 4 Curlew Sandpipers were at Draycote (a bird iv'e never managed to photograph!) Shrike images below......