John Bowler found a 1st-winter Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus at Balephuil, Tiree late on the 21st October. Brown Shrikes breed in northern Asia from Mongolia to Siberia and winter in South Asia, Myanmar and the Malay Peninsula. This is only the 11th record for Britain. There are five previous records for Scotland, all from Shetland bar the 2008 record on North Uist.
On Sunday 22nd it showed very well for periods, but often disappeared for hours at a time. At lunchtime on Sunday John and I had fabulous views and he took the images shown below.
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| Brown Shrike (John Bowler) |
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| Brown Shrike (John Bowler) |
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| Brown Shrike (John Bowler) |
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