Plymouth Archives - Andy Brown Photography https://www.andybrownphotography.co.uk/tagged/plymouth/ Wildlife and Astro Photography Sun, 25 Sep 2016 12:15:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.andybrownphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-LDN1295-LRGBRGBStars-rev5-32x32.png Plymouth Archives - Andy Brown Photography https://www.andybrownphotography.co.uk/tagged/plymouth/ 32 32 Lesser Grey Shrike at Mount Batten https://www.andybrownphotography.co.uk/2016/09/21/lesser-grey-shrike-at-mount-batten/ https://www.andybrownphotography.co.uk/2016/09/21/lesser-grey-shrike-at-mount-batten/#respond Wed, 21 Sep 2016 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.andybrownphotography.co.uk/?p=12623 Having heard reports over the last two days of an unusual sighting on the South West coastal path at Mount Batten in Plymouth I decided to make the trip down to see what all the fuss was about. On arrival this spectacular bird, a Lesser Grey Shrike, Lanius minor, showed […]

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]]> Having heard reports over the last two days of an unusual sighting on the South West coastal path at Mount Batten in Plymouth I decided to make the trip down to see what all the fuss was about. On arrival this spectacular bird, a Lesser Grey Shrike, Lanius minor, showed itself immediately at close quarters and posed for photos for myself and the other numerous birders and photographers there. 

I was happy to get one shot but overjoyed that it came even closer and sat up nicely on the end of a branch for these frame filling images, not the best background but shows good feather detail

A very worthwhile trip to see a bird that would normally be in much warmer climes in southern and eastern Europe and southern Africa.

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