Anyone seen any waxwings yet?

[Glow worm]

At last- I finally have. After hearing rumours of a flock of 7 in north Cambridge, I took a detour on my commute this morning and I'm well chuffed I bothered- there they were. Stunning and very exotic looking- completely out of place on a dreary run-down suburban estate. I took a couple to pics but they're not great as I'm a rubbish photographer and the light wasn't great. Nice start to the day and worth battling with the icy roads.

Edit- flippin eck that pic was a bit big!- I'll try and attach another smaller one

 

[Glow worm]

Here's another waxwing pic from this morning in chesterton, Cambridge. The only slight problem was the tree the waxwings were perched on was right next to a primary school. Not a great place for a middle aged bloke in shorts to hang out with a camera and binoculars!

 

[krushavik]

Can't say that I have heard of them, but now that I've seen a picture I will certainly look out for them.

 

[Arch]

There was a little flock in a tree opposite my flat, a couple of years back, lovely things. I watched them for some time, and then s quickly as they'd come, they went.

 

[Apeman]

We had a small flock of redpolls last year in the garden feeding with goldfinches.Alas this year the goldfinches turned up but no redpolls. The best way to attract goldfinches is by putting niger seed in yourfeeders---but I reckon you all knew that!

 

[longers]

I had heard that Goldfinches like Teasels too. From googling niger seed they seem fond of Thistles but will choose the niger seed in a taste test.

Don't Waxwings crop up in Liverpool regularly? Maybe they'll pass by you Krushavik.

 

[Glow worm]

Can't say that I have heard of them, but now that I've seen a picture I will certainly look out for them.

Hi Krushavik
It's supposed to be a 'waxwing winter' so I've heard- this means it's so cold in Russia/ Scandinavia where the birds come from, they're over here to warm up/ feed- so it must be really chilly over there. Best places to see them are anywhere in the east of the UK, but they could appear anywhere so you may get lucky. Supermarket car parks are a good place to find waxwings, as the supermarkerts shove berry producing trees the birds like, like rowan in their car parks.

 

[mercurykev]

At the weekend there was a fairly large flock of them resting on a couple of Rowan trees near my house. They were feeding on the berries,

 

[piedwagtail91]

we had a lot a few weeks ago about 5 miles from where i live. loads of birdwatchers there for several days.
theres a link here that i found on google, but i don't know the bloke!
http://www.flickr.co...lie/5138632249/

 

[rich p]

Here's another waxwing pic from this morning in chesterton, Cambridge. The only slight problem was the tree the waxwings were perched on was right next to a primary school. Not a great place for a middle aged bloke in shorts to hang out with a camera and binoculars!

My pal, who is a keen birder, got questioned by the police while hunting a waxwing down some back alley in Crawley. It took some explaining that he wasn't peeking into Mrs Goggins' bedroom.
Wanxwing was the neologism that resulted.

 

[Glow worm]

My pal, who is a keen birder, got questioned by the police while hunting a waxwing down some back alley in Crawley. It took some explaining that he wasn't peeking into Mrs Goggins' bedroom.
Wanxwing was the neologism that resulted.

Sounds like I was lucky to get away with it!

 

[Glow worm]

we had a lot a few weeks ago about 5 miles from where i live. loads of birdwatchers there for several days.
theres a link here that i found on google, but i don't know the bloke!
http://www.flickr.co...lie/5138632249/

Now that's a proper waxwing pic- puts me to shame! Thanks for the link.

 

[biggs682]

you lucky person , never seen them

 

[krushavik]

I've seen that a few times but never knew what it was called. You learn something every day. Thank you.

Now that's a proper waxwing pic- puts me to shame! Thanks for the link.

 

[Glow worm]

you lucky person , never seen them

Check out Northamptonshire bird reports and you never know, some may turn up near you.