Waxwings (sidensvans) have arrived here in numbers with about 70 in the garden today! Most of their favourite berry, rowan (rogn) had gone by the time they arrived […]
Birds
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Waxwings are still here
Although not as many as before Xmas there are still flocks of waxwings (sidensvans) around, more than normal at this time of year. Usually, most have left by […]
Berries / Birds
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Waxwings: soon on the way south?
I also grow Viburnum opulus (krossved) near to the house. This is an uncommon wild species around here. The berries aren’t the first choice for waxwings (sidensvans), but […]
Berries / Birds
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Maximum waxwings
I never weary of watching waxwings (sidensvans). Here are 3 videos from snowy Monday this week when one of the biggest flocks this winter descended on the garden […]
Birds / clouds / Snow
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Heavy snow and mother of pearls
Woke up this morning to a beautiful sight of deep snow on the balcony and mother of pearl clouds (perlemorskyer) in the sky. Added to the garden full […]
Berries / Birds
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More waxwings
More waxwing (sidensvans) videos from the garden. 1) Eating elderberries 2) Displaying flycatching skills 3) A dazed bird on the ground outside the front door; presumably it collided […]
Birds
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Jackdaws over the bay and house
A large flock of around 800 Jackdaws (kaie) soared playfully above the bay this afternoon in the cold air (approaching a week of sub-zero C temperatures), probably put […]
Berries / Birds
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Surrounded by waxwings
I was working in the garden this afternoon when a large flock of some 400 waxwings arrived. They are quite trusting and happily fed on hawthorn berries as […]
Berries / Birds / Fruit
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The return of the waxwings
Most of the thrushes were gone today, replaced by a flock of about 120 waxwings (sidensvans), picking up from where the thrushes left off! The first two videos […]
Berries / Birds / Trees
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Yew berry year and the vine
There are an enormous number of yew berries on the tree next to the kitchen window this year and this video shows how a vine (probably Vitis coignetiae) […]