Good afternoon. It has been a very busy week here and I will return with some recent sightings on Saturday. In the meantime though, I thought I would share some great photographs that have been taken here this week.
On Saturday morning, this masked bandit with a hooked beak made a brief appearance on the reserve:
Image credit: Chris Sharp
If you are not sure what it is, it’s a female red backed shrike. Sadly, it wasn’t around for long before disappearing off again.
This incredible picture of a bittern was also taken at Mere Hide recently:
Image credit: Ann Karim Solheim
If you look carefully, it has a cheeky four spotted chaser dragonfly perched on its beak!
Thank you very much to Chris and Ann for sharing these images with us.
Oh dear John I am sorry to hear that. I haven't seen a red backed shrike in Britain for several years myself.