is it going to be another waxwing winter

[the black fox]

saw a report of a small flock in Scotland just before I went on holiday and 30 + reported this morning in durham .. would love another irruption year

 

[russellsnr]

saw a report of a small flock in Scotland just before I went on holiday and 30 + reported this morning in durham .. would love another irruption year

Just got that news on the North East birds fingers crossed they will give us a good show this year. Russ.

 

[Tringa]

Hope so. The last time I saw waxwings was in 2012 in NW Scotland when about 100 were around for a couple of days.

Dave

 

[nc_killie]

There has not been a large influx of winter thrushes….so far.

 

[Tringa]

Just a guess but if there is a milder than usual winter in Scandinavia perhaps fewer waxwings will migrate to the UK. I don't know if there are records of waxwing irruptions and autumn and winter weather data in northern Europe.

It is a bit odd that every year we get redwings and fieldfares over the winter but no where near as many waxwings.

So far I haven't seen any redwings or fieldfares but some redwings have been seen in NW Scotland in the last few days.

Dave

 

[the black fox]

100 plus redwings reported this morning heading south from Dee estuary ( Wirral) I suppose it’s all relevant to where you live and how much reporting is done locally