The weather's abysmal today with persistent drizzle. It was cool yesterday but there was some some sunshine and a walk around the plains revealed the whole family of red backed shrikes. There were at least 4 juveniles and possibly 5; some were with mum and some with dad but all were flying around the bushes and fence posts at the bio farm
I could here the stone curlews calling before I got onto the plain and then saw them flying off and poking their heads up out of the grass. The recently harvested fields probably suit them for feeding now as they look a bit like the stoney semi desert which they are fond of.
On the way back to La Tache I watched a male montague's harrier hunting over the fields. This is the first of this summer visitor which I have seen this year.
Other birds of note include a quail calling on the plains and a male common redstart still in bright summer plumage. Many swifts were feeding high above the plains; it won't be long before they head south.
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