Waxwing
The Waxwing is a plump bird which is slightly smaller than a starling. It is reddish-brown with a black throat, a small black mask round its eye, yellow and white in the wings, a yellow-tipped tail and a prominent crest.
Waxwings breed in the dense forests of northern Europe but they occur in varying numbers in the UK from October to March. In some years they can occur in large numbers (known as irruptions) when the population in the breeding areas gets too big for the food available.
Waxwings make an easily recognisable high-pitched trilling sound like a bell.
Date: 29th May 2009
Location: north of Sodankylä, Lappi, Finland
Waxwings breed in the dense forests of northern Europe but they occur in varying numbers in the UK from October to March. In some years they can occur in large numbers (known as irruptions) when the population in the breeding areas gets too big for the food available.
Waxwings make an easily recognisable high-pitched trilling sound like a bell.
Date: 29th May 2009
Location: north of Sodankylä, Lappi, Finland
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Also in: North Finland and north Norway - May and June 2009
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