Lynda wanted the garden centre on West Vale and then the supermarket so I said the easiest supermarket from there was Brighouse, (snigger) so as we pulled up in Wilkinsons carpark where she wanted a look the Waxwings could be see up on the taxi rank aerials and at the same moment I got the text from DJS reporting c150.
Take as long as you want in Wilkinsons I kindly told her then scurried off, camera at the ready.
What an amazing sight to see them stacked up from top to bottom and on every available aerial and chimney although there was very little feeding going on due to the amount of people walking around. Looking at the berries there is another few days supply left yet so the birds should hang around much to the dismay of the taxi operators who are probably loosing their aerial signal and having cameras aimed at their office windows.
On the way back from Tescos there were several Waxwings near the bus station and across by the church but probably from the same flock.
Back home and up to Soil Hill at 1500hrs with nothing to report in the snow blizzards rolling down from the north but it cleared slightly as I headed for the trailer park .
The Lapwing field was quiet but I found the flock of 65 Lapwings briefly at the top of Corporal Hill before being flushed by a Fox.
One Little Owl was present on Green Lane along with 4 Mistle Thrush and a flock of around 20 Chaffinch which I need to check the photos yet for Brambling.
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