Three waxwings were perching on top of the tall ash tree out the back and making brief sorties into the air - presumably, fly-catching. After a while they disappeared, and when I went out for my walk I found them again in the rowan trees by the medical centre.
Also in the trees were two fieldfares and a redwing, and some of the many blackbirds that are zooming around the village. At home, a male blackcap was in the Himalayan honeysuckle out the front while a female was seen briefly out the back in a much smaller specimen of the same invasive species. I'm hoping the larger shrub will attract the waxies eventually, but it might be too close to the bungalow.
