Bohemian Waxwing DSC_4839
Bohemian Waxwing / bombycilla garrulus. Carrington, Nottingham. 11/01/17.
My first visit to Carrington, Nottingham, to look for the reported Waxwings.
Seeing them (AT A HEIGHT) was easy because, between feeding bouts, they liked to sit in the sun at the top of a tall Plane tree.
Their favoured Rowan feasting tree lay directly across a busy road from this and was considerably shorter. Every so often they would descend to its laden red berry sprays. The trouble was that these visits were extremely brief and they landed in the centre or back of the tree, meaning they were mostly obscured.
So, all in all, a successful day for locating these beauties easily in a busy urban setting and viewing them from afar..
A frustrating day for watching them at closer quarters....and a completely hopeless day for photographing any!!!
I made the resolve to return and thanked my lucky stars that at least I had managed some record shots of them.
Bohemian Waxwing DSC_4839
Bohemian Waxwing / bombycilla garrulus. Carrington, Nottingham. 11/01/17.
My first visit to Carrington, Nottingham, to look for the reported Waxwings.
Seeing them (AT A HEIGHT) was easy because, between feeding bouts, they liked to sit in the sun at the top of a tall Plane tree.
Their favoured Rowan feasting tree lay directly across a busy road from this and was considerably shorter. Every so often they would descend to its laden red berry sprays. The trouble was that these visits were extremely brief and they landed in the centre or back of the tree, meaning they were mostly obscured.
So, all in all, a successful day for locating these beauties easily in a busy urban setting and viewing them from afar..
A frustrating day for watching them at closer quarters....and a completely hopeless day for photographing any!!!
I made the resolve to return and thanked my lucky stars that at least I had managed some record shots of them.