This Shrike may not initially look like a bird of prey, but Shrikes are also know as 'Butcher Birds'. They get this nick-name from their habit of taking prey (insects, small mammals and small reptiles, even small birds) and then impaling them on thorns. This helps them to break up the food and also acts as a 'larder' for keeping their food for later. They are relatively small (about the same size as a Thrush) and not very common. This one was hunting near the farms, not far from the coach car park.