WAXWINGS- A WINTER'S DELIGHT

OCCURRENCE, SEXING, AGEING AND GALLERY

by Ian McKerchar

GALLERY

(Above: Adrian Dancy)

(Above: Paul Hackett)

(Above: Adrian Dancy)

(Above: Adrian Dancy)

(Above: Adrian Dancy)

(Above: Adrian Dancy)

(Above: Paul Cliff)

(Above: Paul Cliff)

(Above: S.Wood)

(Above: Adrian Dancy)

(Above: Jill Islam)

(Above: Rob Smallwood)

Acknowledgements

As usual the focus of my sincere appreciation is to the photographers within this article, whose photographs (all taken during November and December 2008 or January 2009) capture the true beauty of Waxwings and were often taken in freezing cold conditions and yet still they persisted, some even answering my call for specific details and plumages. The photographs within this article are both a credit to the species and to the photographers, so my thanks to you all, Jill Islam, Paul Wilson, Adrian Dancy, Rob Smallwood, S.Wood, Ian Worsley, Paul Cliff, Mark Rigby and Paul Hackett.

Thanks also to Ian Worsley, Judith Smith and Raymond Duncan (Grampian Ringing Group) for supplying details of ringed birds.

References

The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Cramp, volume V

Identification Guide to of European Passerines, Lars Svensson (fourth edition)

Ian McKerchar, January 2009

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