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A hand carved wood engraving of a red-backed shrike bird with letterpress printed titles below the image.
A little larger than the house sparrow, the Red-Backed Shrike is now almost extinct as a UK breeding species, and is on the red list of endangered birds. They perch up high to get a good view of their prey which they impale on thorns and sharp twigs in their 'larder'.