Just sitting having a cup of tea when the phone goes, it's Brian to ask do I want to go to Walton for the Shrike, well 10 minutes later we are on the way.
We take the M11 then the A 120 heading up to walton as the A 12 was a bit busy, it's only just over an hour to reach Walton, on arrival we ask a lady in the cafe if she knew where the John Weston nature reserve was, we get lucky as she turns out to be the lady who writes the Holland Haven bird blog that we read from time to time when looking for somewhere to go, it's really does the job, she tells us where the bird has been seen.
It's a fair walk to the west of the reserve, as we head past it Brian as usual spots the bird sitting on top of a bush, it's a long way off but we get a good view in the scope.
We try to get a better view by walking down by the sea wall towards it but we have taken our eyes off it & it turns out to be a big mistake as we don't see any more of it.
We do see five Whinchats & four Yellow Wagtails plus three Wheatears on the walk back.
No Jimmy today as work gets in the way for him, but I think he will get a Shrike year tick soon.
A really nice unexpected trip for another year tick for Brian & myself.
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