Waxwings

At last...thought we were going to miss out this winter. There's been a small influx of Waxwings during the past week, shortage of food in Scandinavia I guess - lots of snow there. A mid afternoon pager alert reported 17 at the old favourite haunt of Dussingdale Road, Norwich. The estate is very large and labyrinthine. We hunted about fruitlessly in the reported roads, meeting a few others also looking. After sitting out another snow shower, a second pager message sent us scurrying to a new location, as it was getting dark. Just in time to see two Waxwings settle and then fly from a berried tree in a front garden. Startled off by a woman getting into her car directly underneath -she had to!