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Nov 2016
6:58pm, 19 Nov 2016
1,238 posts
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steve45
Despite my very much earlier silly guess that we would not see a Waxwing year..it does seem to be happening. The BTO migration blog gives current data...
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Nov 2016
9:27pm, 19 Nov 2016
871 posts
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Dochart
Report of waxwing in weston-super-mud today...
Saw a flock of 25+ cirl bunting today on the south Devon coast. Lifetime tick for me. One would have been enough 
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Nov 2016
11:13pm, 19 Nov 2016
21,973 posts
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Derby Tup
Cirl bunting - ace!
I'm facing death by waxwing. Every flock of medium size bird I see from the car needs checking out with consequent danger of crashing
No sign of them tonight in the Flying Duck or Agraah
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Nov 2016
11:55am, 20 Nov 2016
1,239 posts
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steve45
What a great tick Dochart. I suppose you know that in Thurleston (Devon) there has been a Desert Wheatear present for several days and still there yesterday.
Me too looking out for Waxwings although trees around here are berryless.
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Nov 2016
2:07pm, 20 Nov 2016
21,974 posts
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Derby Tup
W.A.X.W.I.N.G.S.
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Nov 2016
4:13pm, 21 Nov 2016
1,241 posts
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steve45
Your peering has paid off Derby !
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Nov 2016
4:29pm, 21 Nov 2016
21,975 posts
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Derby Tup
Easy spot yesterday. Driving down into the village and I thought, "mmm, there's a group of starlings that aren't starlings" 
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Nov 2016
9:12pm, 21 Nov 2016
118 posts
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bonners
So I am getting closer to the elusive kingfisher. Walked round the river in the rain this morning to rest my legs after the Conwy HM. No sign of the kingfisher in the spot where several local photographers have caught it, no sign as usual.
Get onto the other side of the river, climb up onto the dike that I always walk along for a good view of everything and I startle a couple of oystercatchers. At the same time I see a bright turquoise/green bird flying off along one of the man made drainage cuts, in fact identical territory to where the kingfisher has been spotted on the other side of the river. Size wise it was definitely right and in the right kind of area, but just flew off too quick down the cut for me to get a positive ID.
Not seen them myself but large numbers of waxwings have apparently been spotted in Glan Conwy this week, so they have reached North Wales.
As for my garden, what exotica have I seen using my bird feeders and more particularly my window feeder? Tits, the robin? Maybe the sparrows or starlings? Nope, this ugly so and so has squeezed in.......
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Nov 2016
10:15pm, 21 Nov 2016
22,848 posts
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GlennR
Aah. It's quite cute really.
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Nov 2016
12:28am, 22 Nov 2016
15,102 posts
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Chrisity
About 40 Goosander down Attenborough, and reports of a Swallow at the Uni lake on Saturday.
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