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    This was a bit of a turn up for the books. I was looking out of the bedroom window and spotted a large group of what, withough thinking, I assumed was an unusually large group of Wood pigeons. I took a snap, but was pleasantly surprised when I zoomed in to see that it looked like redwings. It was a group of about 70 in the tallest tree in the neighbourhood.
    I was about to shut the window so that I could walk around and get a closer shot when a load started to fly off. In should have been disappointing, but they were flying in the direction of a stand of unharvested crabapple trees which had, in January's snow, been a feeding point for Redwings... and that's where they landed. It's literally just around the corner from me on the grounds of an old people's home.

    They constantly flew back and fore between the large tree and the fruit trees... much to the chagrin of a male black bird
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    I had a further surprise when I spotted a pointy-coiffeured Waxwing, well 2 Waxwings. Not bad for a few yards around the corner
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    Oh well done, nice to catch them both. I'm in France and the Redwings and Waxwings arrive in Southcote.
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    LOL - my first thought was to give you a call, then I realised that it may be a little too far even for you

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    I especially Like the Blackbird shot, and plan to visit Bracknell again soon to get more pictures of Waxwings

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    Thanks, Phillip - let's hope that the weather clears as it looks like we will be covered by Fog, mist or grey cloud for the next five days at least, and that really doesn't help the light, does it

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    OK, so not content with all those Redwings, you also manage to get a couple of Waxwings in the same pic?

    Now that's what I call selfish!

    (Great shots, Louise!)

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    That's me Catherine - greedy and selfish to the last

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