At last! I was sure I was going to miss out on Waxwings in
the parish despite birds appearing all around (including seeing three separate
flocks at work) but as I was driving back from picking up my mother-in-law this
morning I spotted a couple in a tree in Morton. I drove home, grabbed my camera
and shot back. Unfortunately the light was not brilliant but that didn’t take
away from seeing a flock of at least 80 birds.
It may have been more as this group was in one of the trees and
represented only about half the birds…
Talking to local residents they estimated there were over 200
here on Thursday.
This one unfortunately isn’t sharp but it’s still a nice
image…
Yesterday a walk along Greenhills Lane turned up a flock of
147 Greylags, two Oystercatchers and my
first Shelduck of the year.
Another three Shelduck were with 20 Curlew in the Bottom
Fields and two more were on the wader pools. They had all gone by today.
Glad you managed to get the Waxwings, it's been such a good year for them!
ReplyDeleteIt has Pam so very relieved to catch up with them on the patch
DeleteI still haven't got my waxwings. I wasn't at work when you txtd they were there. ... drat!
ReplyDeleteApparently some there this morning according to Rare bird Alert
DeleteI still haven't got my waxwings. I wasn't at work when you txtd they were there. ... drat!
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