Out Birding at last with a visit to Chilham for the G G Shrike

It seems such a long time since we all got to do some birding together, it's about 3 weeks but feels such a lot longer.
So we set of early on a really cold but clear morning, first stop is a ride down the track at Elmley, as we enter the field to the left of us is awash with over 300 Curlew in with them are many Ruff.
On the drive down the track we get to see a couple of common Buzzard,a very friendly Kestrel, as always here we see Marsh Harriers putting hundreds of Lapwings & Starlings into flight.
Plenty of Meadow Pipits & a nice Stonechat showed well for us.
Always nice to visit here, no year ticks but a very pleasant few hours spent just watching the birds mainly from the car.
Off now to find the target bird of the trip at Chilham, it's only around 20 miles from Elmley & as we pull into the lay- by in Branch Rd, we can see the Shrike sitting on the top of a bush.
We head over the road & follow the bird down to the sports centre stopping along the way to get some cracking views of the Great grey Shrike & this gives us another year tick at long last.

Stonechat

Lapwing

Great grey Shrike