With the risk of having a weekend without birding looming up it was time to get on the gear and wellies and venture out on foot.
First trek was across Foxhill Park then through the fields to Old Guy Rd which was mainly knee deep in snow and a howling E>5 blasting the snow across the fields. A full scan of all the walls found no Wheatear, theres a suprise, but half way back across the fields was a large flock of Starlings in the distance over Moorclose and a smaller break off flock behind, WAXWINGS !
A dash back across the fields, which isnt easy, its like walking through porridge oats, and head for Moorclose estate.
After a lot of searching I found 2 Waxwings in a garden and another 4 nearby with the rest of the flock mobile around the back gardens.
Had the roads been passable Id have been off in the car and missed yet another flock of Waxwings for Queensbury.
This has got to have been the best year on record for Waxwings in Queensbury due to a shortage of Rowan berries in their usually areas.
At the moment there are 3 4x4s and 2 cars stuck in the drift outside the house with the 3 4x4s roped together trying to pull each other out and going nowhere.
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