Second helpings of the Brown Shrike at Upper Hollesley Common

On Saturday 1st November hearing the bridges were open again for the Hollesley/ Sutton/ Bawdsey peninsula, and it was Wednesday before last on the day it was first found (my only previous visit), I was keen to go again to see the Brown Shrike and try and get some better pics of the bird. I took a drive early afternoon to Upper Hollesley Common (when I knew the sun would be perfectly situated for pics along the fence line), parking off the road on the left at the start of the Heath. My heart sank a little when I saw a Camo-jacketed Togger and he went through a path through bushes which followed the fence line. I could see the 1st winter Brown Shrike straight away perched on the outer fence, but would it stay there. I joined the crowd of people standing commendably 60 metres from the fence line, some taking cover under some Silver Birch trees and as suspected the Camouflaged Togger was walking along the fence and not joining the group of people. At one stage the bird flew to the inner fence line and even flew towards the Togger before it realised he was there and then it flew deep into the compound. This was what I was afraid of, I walked further along spotting a male Stonechat perched on the fence further down. Joy of joys I could see the Brown Shrike perched on the fence lower down so I carefully made my way down and I must have been around 80- 100 metres from the bird, and I managed to get a few distant shots albeit in very good light. The excellent light and cropping and sharpening tool were necessary to imrove these rather distantly taken pics. At one time the Shrike flew down caught a wasp and started devouring it. It then flew to the inner fence line and almost everybody went to the fence to get shots. I then drove to Minsmere but was too late for the RNG reported at Island Mere (it later turned out to be an erroneius report) as the sun was setting, I then went to Westleton Heath car park, there were plenty of puddles especially around the entrance to the car park but no Crossbills came down or flew in during the 20 minutes I was there. A much earlier start, at first light and a longer wait would no doubt reap dividends. But I did see some Starling murmurations with big flocks of Starlings flying east in pre-roost groups of 1500, 1000, 150, 350, and 100 strong as I drove along the road from Dunwich (around the pig fields and water tower) area.