A juvenile Red-backed Shrike was discovered late this afternoon off Park Lane in Meols by local birder Allan Conlin. A rare visitor to Wirral, this is the first record for the Leasowe Lighthouse area.
As I arrived on site, a small group of birders were watching the Red-backed Shrike perched on a Hawthorn bush in what used to be the fields adjacent to the road, but which is now a small lake after the recent flooding with the River Birkett breaching its banks.
Everyone present obtained good views before the shrike glided from its perch & disappeared amongst the reeds & grasses about half an hour later. A first for Cheshire & Wirral for me.
Video by Steve Williams
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