My game was called off at Corfe Castle this morning therefore I was debating what to do when the day was saved by a message from Roly who stated the Waxwings were back at Briarswood Road Upton. With no time to lose I changed kit and made my way to the location!
There were a good few of the usual suspects were present and thankfully so were the eight birds that were feeding on the mistletoe which has parasitized a tree on a small green! I missed a single bird in Littlemoor the year before last therefore I was relieved to see the flock sitting high in the tree.
A couple of Mistle Thrush muscled into the action mid
morning but the flock did not move too far away giving the many onlookers
spectacular views of the birds. I caught up with a few Portland and Weymouth
regulars that had twitched this rare event in Dorset.
Needless to say this was a new species for my Dorset tally! Woo Hoo!
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