Waxwings.

[melv16]

They're back in the UK :-)

[Buenchico]

They've been arriving for quite a while:
http://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/RealData/dailysummary.asp

[melv16]

http://www.birdguides.com/species/species.asp?sp=124001

[Tilly2]

I have never seen one. :-(

I have recently seen several Blue Footed Boobies, though. So, that's OK.

[melv16]

80 waxwings in your front garden,trumps blue footed boobies:-)

[Tilly2]

Have you seen a Blue Footed Bobby, Melv?

[Chipchopper]

I have a lot of rose hips in the hedgerows near me, so I'll be keeping an eye out for them.

Thanks.

[Tilly2]

Blue Footed Bobbies don't eat berries. They eat fish.

[melv16]

Is that a policeman in winter with no shoes on, Tilly? LOL

[Tilly2]

No, that's a Blue Footed Bobby, an entirely different species, as well you know, Melv. Good answeer, though.

[Tilly2]

Boobies!

[Chipchopper]

Tilly, I'll have whatever your having!

[tonyav]

Tilly2
Boobies!


Where Where ?.

[Tilly2]

There, there!

[melv16]

Are the boobies soaped up;-)

[Prudie]

Some may remember I had them in my garden a couple of years ago,my first and only time (waxwings, not boobies). Well known British birds I've never seen include hawfinch and avocet, birds I haven't seen for years include Bullfinch.

[Chipchopper]

Thanks for that excellent link, Melv!
Seems like east Anglia is a hot bed at the moment.

[melv16]

They're in Rastrick, West Yorkshire. They'll soon be in sunny Sheffield :-)

[melv16]

They're getting closer. Some have been seen near Sheffield. There's also a couple of shags on a nearby reservoir ;-)

[tonyav]

melv, look at what's been spotted not to far away from me.
http://www.expressandstar.com/picture-galleries/news-pictures/2015/12/04/rare-exotic-hoopoe-snapped-in-staffordshire/

[melv16]

It can go with the other pair of rare old birds that live in the midlands :-)