A Rare Bird Sighting in Sheffield.

[Tets]

For those bird spotters that might be interested ,my wife and I spotted a flock of Waxwings in a berry laden Hawthorne hedge near to my garden in Sheffield,yesterday. A rare sight and I was able to get a few photos at 10x zoom but quite recognisable. Having had an interest in bird spotting for many years ,I must say this is one of my most interesting sightings.

[boutiquechoc]

Seen them in handsworth on the trees near the furnture unit before (dad pointed them out as he is a keen bird watcher too) There is some website he uses to write what he's seen and others have said they saw the waxwings near there too.

[Katya]

They usually come into our garden in February or March - perhaps that's on the way back from wherever they're headed now.... We've had over 100 of them twittering away and they are a very impressive sight.

[SheffBloke]

I thought this thread was going to be about the lack of female talent in Sheffield

[boutiquechoc]

I thought this thread was going to be about the lack of female talent in Sheffield

 

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[six45ive]

These were taken recently in Hillsborough. Not by me unfortunately as some of us have to work.

Apparently there are quite a few around this year as I saw on the weather report last night that so far we've had the coldest December since 1977.

[Stan Tamudo]

They are stunning looking birds.I've only seen them once and that was in a relatives

garden in East Yorkshire about 8 years ago.They seem quiet placid and allow you get

close up.

[astrasri]

We usually get a lot of them around Charnock at the beginning of the year, cleaning out the trees of berrys. Had a lot of bird watchers on our road last time.

[Greybeard]

Not that rare in fact, they come over from Scandinavia most winters but move around a lot, a bit like Fieldfares do.

 

They were once considered to be an omen of a hard winter to come but have been regular visitors in even the mildest winters.

[LibertyBell]

For those bird spotters that might be interested ,my wife and I spotted a flock of Waxwings in a berry laden Hawthorne hedge near to my garden in Sheffield,yesterday. A rare sight and I was able to get a few photos at 10x zoom but quite recognisable. Having had an interest in bird spotting for many years ,I must say this is one of my most interesting sightings.

 

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