The Southern Grey Shrike - an Alpujarran favourite, and on the month-list again

September is the month in which we say goodbye to a number of our summer visitors, and our Woodchat Shrikes have all but disappeared from the hillsides above the village. The Southern Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor meridionalis is a year-long resident however, and it’s great to have some shots of one of our favourite local [...]

 
Southern Grey Shrikes above Lanjaron

Fantastic views of an Iberian favourite…a Southern Grey Shrike shows well on the hillside above Lanjaron as August rolls on! As promised, it’s time to take a closer look at some of the birds we encountered on our recent day-trip, and first up is this wonderful sub-species of the Great Grey Shrike, Lanius excubitor. We’ve [...]