Only one bird in today's blog, a juvenile Red-backed Shrike at Farlington Marsh. It has suddenly become the place to visit, Pectoral Sandpiper, Bluethroat, and now the Shrike all in the space of a week. Just a pity some of them couldn't have come over the border into Sussex.
We spent a few minutes looking at the Pec Sand which was again feeding on the mud in the same spot as earlier in the week. I had hoped for some better pictures but with the sun behind it and glare off the water, there was no chance of an improved shot. We may have been able to get a better angle but there was a risk of spooking the bird and we could see other birders approaching in the distance.
We then went off in search of the Red-backed Shrike, in the shrub area to the north west of the stream. Initially it didn't look promising with very little flying in the strong winds. However, Dave soon picked it up in flight and with the bird seeming indifferent to our presence we had some good close up views.
It would have been nice to have longer with the bird, all to ourselves, but with a number of other birders in the area we were soon developing a twitch. Flushed with our success of two good birds before ten o'clock we headed off down to Selsey in search of other goodies.
And the absence of any more pictures in the blog speaks volumes of our success for the rest of the day. We should have stayed in Hampshire.
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