Shrike has truly gone

Another, more thorough, search with Phil Wallace this evening through all suitable habitat around Scratch Wood again revealed no sign of the Red-backed Shrike. The bird has well and truly gone. The singing male LESSER WHITETHROAT was still present and showed well (in Lesser Whitethroat standards) briefly. Also present was a BULLFINCH, a pair of KESTRELS, a fly-over GREY HERON and a handful of ROSE-RINGED PARAKEETS (including a juvenile).