Buff Bellied Pipit MEGA at Queen Mother Ressie

After the work Xmas do in Ascot, I dropped into the QMR in Datchet.
A big twitch - loads of people there and crippling views of the pipit. Seen it before on Scilly with Rob earlier this year

Buff Bellied Pipit in Berkshire - it should be in the USA

Grey Phalarope lifer #260

Thorn near Dunstable was the venue for a GREY PHALAROPE - lifer #260
Quite a distance away, but the lumix did the trick
Free access to the sewage works which was nice

Wokingham Waxwing

About 10 waxwings seen by Screwfix going from oak tree to berry bushes - told pops about the twitch but no luck !!

Waxwing down Molly Millars Lane

Waxwings at work

Well what a pleasant half an hour lunch I had today!
Heard on the network some waxwings very close by....
A 2 minute walk from my desk - and after about twenty mins, after I had to head back for a meeting, 9 waxwings flew overhead onto berries just by Jennetts Park.
Result !!
Dashed back to get these pics before an afternoon of work stuff and a take out Xmas lunch . Yum!!

Waxwings in Bracknell 

Dipping Sunday in Cambs

A trip to Cambridge after dropping Denz off to a singing course - first stop the Ouse for a dip of a Penduline Tit - 3 mile trek for nought.

Then a stop at Milton tip - now what gulls are these?? Will have to iSpot them!

Great Black Backed juv gulls at Milton

Herring or something more exciting at the tip

Hawfinch Lifer #259

A morning outing to Bramfield resulted in multiple HAWFINCH , lifer #259. A species I have been after for a while. Pleasing !!

Hawfinch at Bramfield

Waxwing in Swindon

Walking to the pub to celebrate Tall Mark's birthday , I came across 5 waxwings in a tree ! 

I was obviously very excited - much lack of interest to my mates obviously (except Rob - this was a lifer) 

They were so close I could take the piccie below with my dodgy iPhone camera

5 Waxwing in Swindon