March 2011 - At last.....WAXWINGS!

Friday 4th: Finally, after months...no, years, I have seen a Waxwing! Following a tip-off from a fellow Birder, I arrived early this morning at 7:15am in town to see these fine birds. Precisely at 7:30am a flock of 33 appeared in the sky above us and descended onto a TV ariel across the road from the cotoneaster tree. But before they could eat, a kestrel made an unwelcome entrance and dispersed the flock. Thankfully this male didn't catch anything but the flock had now gone. Of the 6 of us there to witness this, only myself and another chap stayed till 8am, before deciding that we needed to get to our respective places of Work.