Waxwing Alert
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Marshmallow_Fluff
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Define "proper winter" please? 
Gorgeous little things they are! Never seen one live..
Gorgeous little things they are! Never seen one live..
laurence
Veteran
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- in the aeroplane over the sea
they have already been in the London area. saw some a year or so back, but from a distance. great little birds.
a Bittern arrived at the London Wetland Centre three weeks ago - cold weather usually follows it.
a Bittern arrived at the London Wetland Centre three weeks ago - cold weather usually follows it.
Marshmallow_Fluff
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[QUOTE 2146380, member: 9609"]When your garden looks like this for about 6 weeks[/quote]
Yes!!! That is indeed a proper winter!!
And you're saying we're likely to have one of those this year? I'll be over the moon if you're right!
Yes!!! That is indeed a proper winter!!
And you're saying we're likely to have one of those this year? I'll be over the moon if you're right!
Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
I got 4 cats, so the odds of be ever seeing one are slim. Therefore, winter will always be mild!
Arch
Married to Night Train
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- Salford, UK
They were spotted in York last week apparently. I saw a flock a couple of years ago, in the tree opposite my flat.
Glow worm
Legendary Member
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- Near Newmarket
Reminds me of a few years back there was a flock of Waxwings seen at Titchwell in north Norfolk. I cycled all the way there to see them, but they had moved on when I got there. While I was there, I heard that a larger flock were eating rowan berries in a supermarket car park about 200 yards from my house!
Dangermouse
MousePower
Winter isnt winter unless there is 6" of snow on the ground for at least 2 weeks, probably my favourite time of the year, fresh crisp mornings.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
we saw some in Nottinghamshire early Feb this year , wish we saw them more often
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
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- Craggy Island
So, for a forum with a lot of members who claim not to be swayed by hokum and other mumbo jumbo, basically what you are all saying is that the weather can be predicted by a few birds and some cats??
subaqua
What’s the point
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- Leytonstone
tis not hokum and mumbojumbo, it is watching signs and patterns. a bit like sseing cloud tyopes and knowing what that means for the weather
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
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- Craggy Island
There are patterns, yes, but predicting things with any certainty is stretching it a bit far.
Poacher
Gravitationally challenged member
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- Nottingham
Brilliant photos, Reiver.
Well worth checking out every bird in a flock. Back in 1996 there were three or four very large flocks roaming around Nottingham - probably 700+ individuals in total - and in among them was just one Cedar Waxwing. It was only the second ever seen in the UK (still is, AFAIK), and certainly the first I was able to see on a bike ride from home (the UK first was in Shetland!).
Well worth checking out every bird in a flock. Back in 1996 there were three or four very large flocks roaming around Nottingham - probably 700+ individuals in total - and in among them was just one Cedar Waxwing. It was only the second ever seen in the UK (still is, AFAIK), and certainly the first I was able to see on a bike ride from home (the UK first was in Shetland!).
so a forum that is relentlessly serious has a thread about waxing?
Oh, sorry, as you were..............
charlieivan
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[QUOTE 2146380, member: 9609"]When your garden looks like this for about 6 weeks
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