Last week saw a Great Grey Shrike, a rare visitor, crash onto a conservatory in Eday, Orkney, recover and then be photographed for The Orcadian. The bird's scientific name is Lanius excubitor from the Latin for 'butcher' and 'sentinel' - referring to its habits of impaling small creatures on thorns and watching for prey from poles or tree-tops.
Scottish Islands Explorer - welcomes sentinels to its website
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