“The shrike perched on the branch, proudly displaying its grotesque gallery of impaled prey.”

“The shrike had pinned smaller birds on the tree's black thorns and the sun had stripped them of their feathers.”

“For bird watchers there are Somali bee-eaters, rosy-patched shrike, golden-breasted starling and golden pipit.”

“Male shrikes in Israel's Negev Desert impale snails and nest-building materials onto thorns to attract mates.”

“In spring especially they come alive with collared fly catchers, woodchat shrikes and huge flocks of all kinds of warblers.”

“A pair of woodchat shrikes were carrying food and hanging around a couple of bushes.”