A trip out to Abbots Cliff overlooking the southern edge of Samphire Hoe with Tim Gutsell paid dividends with the reported juvenile Red-backed Shrike, but we had no luck with the Wryneck that had been seen earlier, accompanying the Shrike around the various bushes along the cliff top. The Shrike always remained fairly distant, fair to say that I have had easier Shrikes, especially juveniles, but a Shrike seen is always a good encounter.
We done fairly well with a sprinkling of migrant birds seen, a Whinchat dived out of a bush that I thought was the Shrike for a moment, a Pied Fly-catcher was seen catching flies from a distant bush, several Lesser and Common Whitethroats, Willow Warblers looking distinctively yellowish, a garden Warbler dropped into a bush right in front of us, soon lost to view in the foliage and a pair of Blackcaps that were picked out by Tim. A great day out on the cliff top and as already mentioned, it's always good to see a Shrike.
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