Sunday 28th was very cold. We spent the morning in search of the Great Grey Shrike again! It's top of my list of birds to see this year and as we are lucky to have the odd one wintering in the New Forest, I am trying my best to see one.
We had been in the Holm Hill / Crab Tree Earth area for a few hours but no sign of any shrike so at 1.55pm we gave up and decided to head for Keyhaven.
We didn't have long in Keyhaven but we did see some Dunlins and as we were walking back to the car I saw a Curlew on the grassy bank opposite the beach. Well, I thought it was a Curlew, but as we got closer it wasn't a Curlew it was a Whimbrel.
Then on the way home through Brockenhurst, a Green Woodpecker flew across the road.
Guess what though? Later that evening an email came through from Birdguides to say that a Great Grey Shrike had been seen at 2pm in the spot we had been in at 1.55pm!!! It must have appeared just as we were walking back to the car!!
69. dunlin
70. whimbrel
71. green woodpecker
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I agree!
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