Nutcrackers on the way to UK?

[Bobolink44]

http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/uk400/8790/SPOTTED+NUTCRACKERS+closer+than+ever+this+autumn.h tml

Video of the Dutch bird:
http://surfbirds.com/video2/view_video.php?viewkey=fb634e6a85bb9d9adf21&page=1&viewtype=&category=mr

[MichaelF]

There was a cone crop failure in Switzerland this year on Pinus cembra (their main food source there), so possible they're from there.

Not heard anything about cone crops on Pinus sibirica in Russia. Difficult info to get!!

[AndyB]

some blasts from the past all the way back to '68 here:
http://www.surfbirds.com/cgi-bin/gallery/search2.cgi?species=Nutcracker