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Just a heads up, these East winds seem to be bringing a lot of migrant birds over, we are having large numbers of Waxwings in Scotland, they will spread out so keep you eyes peeled.
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Ooo never seen a waxwing. Where can I keep up with the latest sightings? I’m east coast so they must be around here.
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Myrkk wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 12:27 am Ooo never seen a waxwing. Where can I keep up with the latest sightings? I’m east coast so they must be around here.
I post on here(as do others), where are you? (not after your address, just nearest town)
https://www.birdforum.net/forums/scotland.130/
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Must warn our neighbours with hedges with berries.
. A few years ago a flock of them arrived in our garden when we had a row of pyracantha hedging full of berries. Every twig was stripped bare in a couple of hours! Was sad to lose my autumn colour so quixkly but had a lovely two hours watching them through my binoculars. Truly a magnificent sight to see so many.
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I’m Just outside Ormiston / Tranent area.
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Ahh not really on my patch in Angus, so I can't point you in the right direction. Try finding a local bird club, ours sends you a text when something out of the ordinary turns up, so you can have half a chance of finding it.
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They’ve got as far as Kirkcaldy currently. A friend posted pics of a group sitting in a tree. Here’s hoping they make it this far down :)
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They've been seen in Lincolnshire, just your luck at the moment, they are moving about
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