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Not quick enough for a photo but I will do my best to describe. It was the size of a small crow, dark grey with a squarish head. A chunky sort of thing. It had whitish bars on it's breast and a white bar across the tail feathers. Nearest I could find was a cuckoo but I don't think it was. Was sitting on the hedge apparently eating bees! Anyone any clues? Thanks
it most likely was I have seen a few this year
Ballymore
24-Aug-13, 22:05
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdidentifier/ Try this and see if you can find your bird.
Thanks, I have never seen a cuckoo before and thought the grey colour was wrong somehow
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdidentifier/ Try this and see if you can find your bird.
I did try that with no luck but I will try again in case I did something wrong. Thanks
r.rackstraw
25-Aug-13, 23:05
Great Grey Shrike?
Have a look on google and see if the images match what you saw.
Not quick enough for a photo but I will do my best to describe. It was the size of a small crow, dark grey with a squarish head. A chunky sort of thing. It had whitish bars on it's breast and a white bar across the tail feathers. Nearest I could find was a cuckoo but I don't think it was. Was sitting on the hedge apparently eating bees! Anyone any clues? Thanks
It could have been a female Sparrowhawk, was it similar to the bird in the photo below.
Sparrowhawk female at nest with young.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o71/nirofo/Birds/Sparrowhawkfemaleatnestwithyoung-1.jpg
nirofo.
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