In the last week or so an iruption of Waxwings has arrived in the UK, from Scandanavia, suggesting that we may be in for a hard winter. Large flocks (see below) usually mean that the berry crop in Northeastern Europe has been poor.

I spent a morning yesterday on an industrial estate in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, watching a small flock of around twenty, doing their best to devour all the rowan berries. There is currently a flock of around a thousand (!) at the Kyle of Lockalsh, so we may well see some or all of them in the South when they’ve exhausted all the berries.

Here are a few shots taken in rather poor light. I’ll update when I get some better light.