better light and was able to crack the window open to get better quality pics of the blackcap today

over in westest sussex today... starting with the whoopers at barnham (possibly a sussex tick, can't remember), blanking on the dusky warbler, then up for the iping ggshrike which was seen swallowing a wing and head of its prey in one go, then lastly westdean woods where small groups of hawfinches were seen well.

impaled prey to the left of the shrike

still a bit too much water at west rise. in a quick visit i saw a water pipit, 2 marsh harriers (one is a new bird, 3rd of the winter) and two flocks of bearded tits each remaining faithful to their own strip of reeds.