2023/24 has been a good winter for waxwings and the most impressive flock I've
managed to see has been at Pentre Halkyn where today I counted 93 birds. It's a great
site for seeing them and judging by the number of hawthorn bushes which are
still loaded with berries, they could well be here for another week or two
yet. The adults are the birds with yellow in the primaries and the waxy red
tips, whereas the juveniles lack both the yellow and the waxy tips. Both
adults and juveniles have the yellow tip to the tail.
Tuesday 13 February 2024
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