Waxwings

[foxyferret]

My daughter phoned me yesterday to say she had a flock of waxwings in her garden, she lives in Stamford, Lincs. Not long ago, she had a green woodpecker on her lawn and took photos on her phone. I have been feeding the birds for years and years and get a good variety in my garden in Peterborough. I got her on to the bird feeding bug and now after only a few months, she is getting all these birds I have never seen in the flesh. I am madly jealous but at least she sends me the pictures.

[gness]

Oh to have a flock of waxwings in my garden...she's so lucky. I'm not too far from Stamford so perhaps.......

[crisper]

We've had Waxwings in our garden.. about 3 weeks ago .. we do feed the birds, there was about 6/8 of them... they stayed for about 2 hours... we get a Spotted Woodpecker..and a while back.. we saw a Jay...Were in Somerset

[gness]

Crisper...my daughter was in Somerset til recently. Now in Devon but still goes back to the Levels for the murmuration....spectacular sight.

[crisper]

Gness... yep a truly wonderful sight... we actually see them often .. here... as they go off to roost for the night....

[Chipchopper]

You can count me in as jealous too, I've not seen any waxwings in my garden either!
I do get a lot of other birds coming in to feed though, including green parakeet's.
Last summer a Male Bullfinch came in and finished off my Saskatoon's, but it was worth it just to see those lovely colors

[carrust]

I'm seeing them daily in Sheffield at the moment. They've eaten all the tree-berries & they're feeding on the shrub-berries in peoples gardens.