Great grey Shrike, Upper Longdon, Staffs.
Great grey Shrike
Great grey Shrike
Great grey Shrike - hovering
Great grey Shrike
Great grey Shrike
Great grey Shrike
Bullfinch
Stonechat
Beer 2. Church End Brewery Tap
Beer No. 3 Tunnel Brewery, Horseshoes, Nuneaton
Pint of Good Evans
Selection of Tunnel Brewery AlesSaturday 7th January 2012
I must admit I'm struggling already with my self imposed targets for 2012. The challenges are proving to be just that. I've already missed a few birds such as Whooper Swan and Tundra Bean goose which might be difficult to get back but worse than that with a week already gone in January I've only sampled beers from 3 Warwickshire Breweries. Still its nice when you can combine the two. Take today, I started out at Upper Longdon, Staffs. It was a case of third time lucky as the Great grey Shrike was perched on the highest dead Pine when I pulled up. I had the bird to myself and was able to watch it hover for nearly a minute, something I cant remember seeing before. I moved on to the Shooting Butts area and had a good walk round looking for Crossbill. I did see Peregrine, Raven, Stonechat, Siskin and Bullfinch as well as a probable this and a possible that, flying over. It was then back to the good old Tame valley for a look round Middleton and Dosthill but there wasnt much doing so I dropped in to the Horseshoes in Nuneaton for a pint of the very LOCALe Beer from the Tunnel brewery.
I must admit I'm struggling already with my self imposed targets for 2012. The challenges are proving to be just that. I've already missed a few birds such as Whooper Swan and Tundra Bean goose which might be difficult to get back but worse than that with a week already gone in January I've only sampled beers from 3 Warwickshire Breweries. Still its nice when you can combine the two. Take today, I started out at Upper Longdon, Staffs. It was a case of third time lucky as the Great grey Shrike was perched on the highest dead Pine when I pulled up. I had the bird to myself and was able to watch it hover for nearly a minute, something I cant remember seeing before. I moved on to the Shooting Butts area and had a good walk round looking for Crossbill. I did see Peregrine, Raven, Stonechat, Siskin and Bullfinch as well as a probable this and a possible that, flying over. It was then back to the good old Tame valley for a look round Middleton and Dosthill but there wasnt much doing so I dropped in to the Horseshoes in Nuneaton for a pint of the very LOCALe Beer from the Tunnel brewery.
I really could share a beer..
ReplyDeleteWonderful images.
I love the Camra signs, not that I drink too much, yes. The shots of the Great Grey Shrike are superb.
ReplyDeleteSecond time lucky for the Shrike for me on Saturday Bob. Interesting hovering behaviour. Interesting beer photos. I can never get a still shot of a full pint. They move too fast for me. Cheers. Hughie.
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