The arrival has begun! Quite a few areas have reported between 1 and 15 birds. They are: Shetland, Fife, Borders, Kings Lynn, Bridlington, Holme Dunes, Bedale, Balnakeil, Orkney, Spurn and Fair Isle. Detailed reports will start from tomorrow.
The good news is the huge influx of Waxwings to the UK this year. Can't tweet every sighting but will tweet significant number sightings and new sightings. Keep your lovely photos coming !
Clearly a much bigger influx than last winter which is great to see. No real movement yet westwards with most reports coming from Scotland and the east of England.
Sightings 19th Oct: Woods at South End - Brae (Shetland), 5 on Isle of May (Fife), Flamborough Head Lighthouse (East Yorks), East Runton (Norfolk), Titchwell RSPB car park (Norfolk), Private garden - Reay (Highland)
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Sightings 2nd Nov: 35+ west end of Moss Road - Tain (Highland), 1 at the village green - Great Whittington (Northumberland), 6 at Law Lane - Lerwick (Shetland)
Largest number of sightings to date! 27th Oct 2 at Sedgeletch - Houghton-le-Spring (Durham), 2 on Sycamore Avenue - Scalloway (Shetland), 12 at Dyke (Moray), 4 at Ferry Hills - North Queensferry (Fife), 4 at Chapel Point (Lincs), Bounty Pub - Strood (Kent), Spurn YWT (East Yorks)
Sightings 25th Oct: Forres community centre (Moray), Horwich Moors and Higher Meadows at end of George's Lane - Horwich (Grt Manchester), Birnie Road - Elgin (Moray), Stanford Reservoir by railway (Northants), New Grimsby on Tresco (Isles of Scilly)
Sightings 30th Oct: single bird at Gibraltar Point NNR (Lincs), Norwick - Unst (Shetland), 5 at Craighill Terrace - Tain (Highland), 50+ in flight at Hopeman (Moray), 5 at Attleborough (Norfolk), 15+ central belt of Cuckoo Bank (Staffs), Carr Naze - Filey (North Yorks)
We had to take a none birding trip up to Fareham in Hampshire today, So on the way back home we stoped off to see the Waxwings at Upton. 8 seen in total. 🙂
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Sightings 5th Dec: 1 reported at Pegwell Bay (Kent), 6 opposite Pond St jct with High St - Great Gonerby (Lincs), 90+ Thornhill Drive/Ben Riach Close - Elgin (Moray), 17 at Dalby Court Care Home - Coulby Newham (Cleveland), 10 at Littlewood Gardens - Montrose (Angus)
Sightings 30th Oct: 40+ at Nantgaredig - Llanegwad (Carmarthen), Lawrence Lane - Cradley Heath (West Mids), Guisborough (Cleveland), Gibraltar Point NNR (Lincs)
23 Nov cont: 10 flew over Morningside Rd - Morningside (Lothian), Newhame Rd -Montose (Angus), Raven Close - Crossgates (North Yorks), Sycamore Care Centre - East Boldon (Durham)
Sightings 15th Nov: Blakeney Point Plantation (Norfolk), Ocraquoy, Mainland (Shetland), 5 in Tain town centre (Highland), Catterlen - Newton Reigny (Cumbria), 70 on Letterfourie Rd - Buckie (Moray), 4 on Reiket Lane - Elgin (Moray), Law Lane - Lerwick (Shetland)
Sightings 6th Nov: 180 behind Tesco - Dunblane (Forth), 30+ at Forsyth House - Cromarty (Highland), 10 at Nelson Terrace - Keith (Moray), 300+ New Elgin - Elgin (Moray), 6 at Moscar Kennels - Rod More (South Yorks), 10 at 677 Manchester Rd - Crosspoll (Sheffield)
We had to take a none birding trip up to Fareham in Hampshire today, So on the way back home we stoped off to see the Waxwings at Upton. 8 seen in total. 🙂
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Waxwings filmed last weekend at Flamborough. Not many shots of berry eating to choose from due to toggers stood right under the berry trees. Don’t do it please/thank you.
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Sightings 2nd Dec: 10 at St Davids Nursing Home - Sheringham (Norfolk), 100 at Kincorth (Aberdeenshire), 10 at Sibster Walk - Halkirk (Caithness), 14 opp St Joseph Church - Scarborough (North Yorks), 2 at Galley Hill Estate - Guisborough (Cleveland), 8 at Lidl - Forres (Moray)
25th Oct: Orphir Church - (Orkney), Holme NOA car park (Norfolk), Gibraltar NNR (Lincs), Private garden Hunstanton (Norfolk), Holme next the Sea (Norfolk), Beach Road - Salthouse (Norfolk), TItchwell RSPB car park (Norfolk)
Sightings 28th Nov: 7 at St Davids Nursing Home - Sheringham (Norfolk), 30+ along A183 Morrisons - Seaburn (Durham), 24 at Sycamore Care Centre - Boldon Colliery (Durham), 30+ Birnie Rd - Elgin (Moray), 30+ East End - Hopeman (Moray), 50+ New Elgin area - Elgin (Moray)
6th Dec cont: 12+ Barry's Lane - Scarborough (N.Yorks), Flamborough Head (E.Yorks), 40+ near health centre - Forres (Moray), Garden House Nurseries - Dalston (Cumbria), 5+ Oak Wheel Pub - Burniston (N.Yorks)
Sightings 7th Jan: Sea Lawn/Garden of Thrums - Cley next the Sea (Norfolk), Sculthorpe Moor NR (Norfolk), 2 in private garden - Prudhoe (Northumb), Sletts Park - Lerwick (Shetland)
Sightings 17th Dec: 10+ opposite DC Thompson Kingsway East - Dundee (Angus), 20+ Aldi car park at Gorgie - Edinburgh, 15+ Saxon Way - Jarrow (Durham), Askham Bar Tesco petrol - Woodthorpe (N Yorks), Cuthbertson Street east side - Govanhill (Clyde), 50+ Reiket Ln - Elgin (Moray)
Sightings 5th Nov: Hunstanton Cliffs (Norfolk), Birkin Lane - Chesterfield (Derbys), Ramsey (Isle of Man), Mount Eagle - Culbokie (Highland), Fleurs Rd/Grantown Rd - Forres (Moray), Burger King car park at Wellington Circle - Altens (Aberdeenshire)
27th Nov cont: at least 100 on Guild St - Aberdeen, Robertson Cres - Pitlochry (Perthshire), 10 at Westford - Alness (Highland), 30 in Tain (Highland), Portknockie bowling green (Moray), Vale of Derwent social club - Rowlands Gill (Durham), Private garden - Hepworth (W.Yorks)
Sightings 9th Nov: Law Lane - Lerwick (Shetland), 10+ Mannofield - Aberdeen, Stromness (Orkney), one at Brae community woodland (Shetland), one at Headly Hall Woods - Causey (Co Durham), 2 Wareham Rd/Thornburgh Rd - Eastfield (North Yorks)
Sightings 19th Jan: 1 at Police Station - Callander (Forth), Mill Pond Road briefly - Gibraltar Point NNR (Lincs), Private garden - Ochiltree (Ayrshire), 4 at The Drive - Reydon (Suffolk), Manchester Rd in Crosspool - Sheffield (South Yorks), 5 on Blanche St - Ipswich (Suffolk)
Sightings New Years Eve: 80+ Montgomery Street Park - Edinburgh, 60+ South Leith Parish churchyard - Leith (Lothian), Lidl car park/racecourse - Thirsk (North Yorks), 20+ Barrack Street - Belfast, 20+ Eleven Westgate B&B - Pickering (North Yorks)
Sightings 21st Dec: 60+ Balgreen Tram Station - Edinburgh, 70+ Montgomery Street - Edinburgh, flocks of 200 and 160 at Fountainbridge and Dundee street respectively - Edinburgh, Bellingham church (Northumberland), Saxon Way - Jarrow (Durham), Paxton (Borders)
Sightings 12 Dec: 75+ Reiket Lane - Elgin (Moray), Walton St - Darlington (Co Durham), Muirhead Ave/Queens Dr - West Derby (Lancs), St Andrew St - Castle Douglas (Angus), Seamer Rd/opp Halfords - Scarborough (North Yorks), Private garden - Ballycastle (Co Antrim)