Waxwings Skippers Lane Ind Est: Middlesbrough - Revisited

After going on friday in terrible weather to see these beautiful birds, I couldn't resist a trip in glorious sunshine yesterday to try and get some better shots.

My apologies to those who are waiting to see these magnificent birds but I thought you may enjoy dozens of pics that I got.

I promise to post more of them every other day -:}

I can't imagine the quality of the shots that the guys who have 2k - 10k worth of equipment, I'm thrilled with the pics that my little camera and lens got.

I was still having to manually adjust the lens which was really testing my patience.

The flock had increased to between 70-80 birds and at times it was difficult to get on a single bird as my eyes were drawn to all of them. This has to be one of my best birding experiences, I know that these birds can gather in huge flocks but I have never seen more than half a dozen at a time. There has been numerous years were I haven't got to see them at all.

There has been a real buzz around the area and it has been amazing at the amount of birders who have travelled to see this flock, I have also enjoyed showing numerous folks the birds that have never seen them before.

A Sparrowhawk dispersed the birds and the flock disappeared, so you never know guys they could be heading your way.

Regards Buzzard