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Pied Wheatear Pied Wheatear

Steppe Grey Shrike

Steppe Grey Shrike

Steppe Grey Shrike

Steppe Grey Shrike

Desert Wheatear

Desert Wheatear

I had a drive into Lincolnshire for the couple of rares that have been there for the last week.

First stop was the Steppe Grey Shrike at Grainthorpe.

The drive down was a bit dodgy, but easy enough to find.

I was rather suprised by the almost total lack of any other bids in the vicinity.

The bird itself was extremely obliging and despite the recent bad press about photographers hounding the bird, the small crowd was very well behaved and the bird just kept on feeding and perching totally oblivious to anyone no matter how close.

Then on to saltfleet for the desert wheatear, again a complete lack of any other birds 9apart from a flock of mobile snow buntings) but again it performed very well ad I spent a considerable amount of tuime watching the bird as it was too close to photograph.

The sun came out in the last hour and it was then I was able to get my best shots, I also used my P5100 and it did not let me down, I'm very pleased with these shots.

Today I went up to Scarborough and managed some record shots of the great northern diver but missed out on the iceland gull (we were on the wrong slipway!) and the long tailed duck.Then called in at reighton for the pied wheatear.It was quite elusive at first but then showed quite well as the temperature rose and the insects became more active.

Some cracking birds I wonder what will be next?