A cracking breeding plumage woodchat shrike was found at Daresbury near Warrington this morning. It looks like a 1st summer male to me, there's quite a lot of white on the lores and the black in the wings looks quite brown plus I didn't see any barring on the flanks in the field.
My 8th woodchat shrike in the UK and my 5th in the North West, but my first anywhere for 10 years. Others in the North West were Lytham (1987), Frodsham marsh (1996), Shore Top Lake Irwell Valley (1997) and Marshside Southport (2007).
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