Waxwing - Bombycilla garrulus
Canon 800mm f8 for 1/500th @ iso400
A winter visitor from Northern Europe to the UK, Numbers year on year fluctuate, the birds coming to the UK to feed on berries when food supplies are short in their country.
About the size of a starling the birds when they arrive in large numbers descend on the berry laden trees and strip them bare, often competing with starlings, blackbirds, fieldfare and redwing.
Other arrivals at those berry "rich" trees are the photographers !
Supermarket car parks are a very likely venue to see these birds and year after year the birds arrive at the same locations. The Renault garage in Warrington is one such venue - photographers mixing with the car buyers and sellers !
A winter visitor from Northern Europe to the UK, Numbers year on year fluctuate, the birds coming to the UK to feed on berries when food supplies are short in their country.
About the size of a starling the birds when they arrive in large numbers descend on the berry laden trees and strip them bare, often competing with starlings, blackbirds, fieldfare and redwing.
Other arrivals at those berry "rich" trees are the photographers !
Supermarket car parks are a very likely venue to see these birds and year after year the birds arrive at the same locations. The Renault garage in Warrington is one such venue - photographers mixing with the car buyers and sellers !