Waxwing Winter
Sit back and relax as Iain Leach and Bill Baston, two of Britain's top wildlife photographers, present you with our first surfbirds slideshow - and what a cracker it is - a selection of stunning shots of Bohemian Waxwings. Who could ever tire of these beautiful winter visitors. Just click on either of the Waxwings to the right to start your very own slideshow !
Click on upper bird if you are running with 200kbps or more (many office networks). Click on lower bird if you are accessing lines running less less than 200kbps (most private telephone lines).
The Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla gurrulus is one of three species of waxwings. Along with the new world Cedar Waxwing and the Japanese Waxwing they form the Bombycillidae. All are highly gregarious, migratory and prone to irruptions.
Birding World reported that as many as 2,000 birds invaded Britain this winter with the main concentrations being in southern Scotland and northern England.
Highest counts included flocks of 240 in South Shields, Tyneside, and Leeds, Yorkshire, UK.
