Cross Inn Woods

No sign of the shrike but superb views of a male Hen Harrier over the bog/pools at 10am this morning. Its presence was setting off a number of snipe. It looked as if it might stay around as it was regularly returning to a bush to pose for me! I have lived here for 12 years but have only seen them in the woods area in the last 3 years. Now it seems to be a regular visitor. The last I saw was on 1 January this year when I had the joy of a shrike and a harrier in the same binocular sights. Plenty of bullfinches, long tailed tits and reed buntings.