Two Great Grey Shrikes near Plungar!!...
Well I nipped over to Plungar, Vale of Belvoir yesterday on my day off to try and connect with the Great Grey Shrike which had taken up residence in the area for maybe the last few days. From the last twitter message I received, the bird was still in the fields off Long Lane between Plungar and Barkestone-le -Vale. Parking near the Barkestone-le -Vale cross-roads I walked back to the public footpath between the two villages and met up with the Brett family who were scoping the bird in a nearby hedge. It's always nice to see Great Grey Shrikes in Leicestershire, as these birds are not recorded annually in the county! So after watching the bird for about an hour feeding on the ground and nearby hedges, I decided to head back to my local patch of Watermead CP via taking a few photos of Belvoir Castle... So driving down Wood Lane towards to Branston I stopped the car just past some ruined barns and took a few photos of Belvoir Castle in the distance. Th...