A small flock of Waxwings (sidensvans) finally arrived at the end of November and have been foraging in the garden since (rowans / rogn failed this year). In […]
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Natural bird food is best
I garden for the birds and other wildlife as well as myself and believe that bought bird food (sunflower seeds) is not necessarily a good thing as it’s […]
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Lemon Berberis
Norwegian: for en norsk oversettelse av denne artikkelen (Norwegian translation), se KVANNs (Norwegian Seed Savers) Nyhetsbrev #15 There’s always been a barberry (Berberis vulgaris) in my garden, in […]
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March Waxwing
I’ve only twice before recorded waxwing (sidensvans) in March here. They arrive in large numbers in October and November and are usually gone again by the end of […]
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Yew for redwing
I planted a yew (Taxus x meda “Hicksii”) next to the kitchen window mainly for the birds some 20 years ago and the berries regularly attract blackbirds, fieldfares, […]
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210 Waxwings
A big flock of 210 waxwings (sidensvans) in the garden resting at dusk in the garden! It’s been a very active day here… Post Views: 154
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Snow birds
Two days of snow has attracted a large flock of birds to my bird feeder with some 30 bramblings (bjørkefink) and, nice to see, around 25 house sparrows […]
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Synchronised waxwings
Some things happen just too fast for us to notice. Yesterday I made this video of a flock of waxwings: I stopped the film and took the following […]
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Waxwings on yew
Waxwings (sidensvans) are all over the garden this morning eating various berries. It gives me especial pleasure to see them on the yew tree I planted right next […]
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Rowans and thrushes
Large flocks of noisy (in the positive sense) thrushes in the garden this morning. A flock of a 100 or so fieldfares (gråtrost) and a few redwings (rødvingetrost), […]
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RIP Bombycilla garrulus
It doesn’t happen very often but the last few days at least 3 waxwings (sidensvans) flew into a window on the house, two of which recovered (have put […]
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Waxwings on apples
I sorted my stored apples yesterday and put out ones that had begun to rot for the waxwings and thrushes outside the kitchen window. This was the scene […]
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Bombycilla garrulus and Coccothraustes coccothraustes
How DO they make up those scientific names? A small group of waxwings (sidensvans) in the garden with 4 hawfinches (kjernebiter) provided entertainment (distraction) this afternoon….waxwings are berry […]
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St. Lucia Parrot Day
Today (13th December) is St. Lucia Parrot day and people are celebrating the world’s most beautiful parrot everywhere…even here in Malvik ;) – well, this is how I […]
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Waxwings and siskin
Waxwings (sidensvans) and siskin (grønnsisik) foraging under the bird feeder today. With siskin and tree sparrow seen today, that brings this week’s species count to 21 species in […]
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Bird paradise!
It’s about as like winter England as it gets here this morning, grey and drizzling….so nice to have a flock of 17 goldfinches (stillits) brightening up the day […]
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Waxwings everywhere
Part of the biggest flock of waxwings (sidensvans) in the garden today, around 350 birds!….seriously distracted all day by these photogenic arctic “parrots”! Feeding on yew (barlind), hawthorn […]
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Waxwing dribbling…
Yew / barlind fruit is rather gooey….the picture is taken from the video of a flock of waxwings / sidensvans on the neighbour’s yew tree (Taxus baccata). Post […]
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Yew with waxwing
My first waxwings (sidensvans) of the autumn…this one feeding on a yew tree laden with berries in the neighbour’s garden! Post Views: 105
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Weekend birds
A small flock of waxwings (sidensvans) appeared today and the second fieldfare (gråtrost) didn’t tolerate them trying to steal the apples Waxwing vs. Fieldfare Sidensvans vs. gråtrost A […]
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Waxwing videos
Today there were around 200 waxwings / sidensvans in the garden most of the afternoon and I saw them eating berries on Sambucus nigra, Viburnum opulus, Berberis, Crataegus […]
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Waxwings on elderberry
A flock of some 100 waxwings / sidensvans were feeding this morning on elderberries /svarthyll in the garden! Enjoy! Post Views: 118
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Waxwings and other birds this weekend
A small flock of waxwings in the garden briefly this afternoon Post Views: 111
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This is an EX-Arctic Parrot
Waxwings (sidensvans) are sometimes known as Arctic Parrots due to their amazing colours. Just before I got up this morning a heard a thud on a window. I […]