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woodchat
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wood·chat  (wdcht)
n.
An Old World shrike (Lanius senator) having black and white plumage with a reddish crown.

woodchat, woodchat shrike [ˈwʊdˌtʃæt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a songbird, Lanius senator, of Europe and N Africa, having a black-and-white plumage with a reddish-brown crown and a hooked bill: family Laniidae (shrikes)


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Previous May records include woodchat shrike, garganey, Kentish plover and Temminck's stint.
Mind you, if a sub-alpine warbler or a woodchat shrike (to name two such visitors he says have been spotted by The British Trust for Ornithology) swooped down on my lawn I doubt I'd notice.
Below the lark and the Orme's melancholy churchyard, the juvenile woodchat shrike was another reminder of southern climes.
 
 
 
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