Waxwings in the Garden

 Being a creature of habit, most Monday mornings at 9am see me walking round Tottenham Marshes.  But Monday 14 March 2011 was different.  As I was doing other things later on in the day, at 9am I was at home (Gloucester Road, Walthamstow) having tea and toast while looking out of my widow at birds.  Suddenly at 9.40am a Waxwing flew into the tree in front of me!  I looked in amazement for a moment or two, then moved slowly away to get my camera.  By the time I returned there were 3 Waxwings looking at me from the tree, and by the time they flew off (8 minutes after the first arrived) there were seven birds there.  Photos (not up to any of the David’s standard) attached.

Belated news from the Marshes on Thursday 10 March 2011.  At last, at last, at last, at last…my months of scanning the tops of the vegetation on Clendish Marsh produced a Stonechat!  A smart looking male, and presumably a passage bird that’s been wintering somewhere else.

Pete