After driving around for days with two cameras, binoculars etc at the ready, I found myself at Cineworld in Huntingdon. Just as I drove in, I noticed a large number of birds in the trees around the KFC franchise; they weren't starlings and they weren't eating chips.

About 80 waxwings were crowded into a couple of bushes and no-one noticed them but me. The light was strong and in the wrong direction so I didn't get any pictures, but went home to get Hanna and Nick. When we found them again, they had moved to Staples' car park, and then to the Water Tower business area near-by. Berries were everywhere but it was water that held them in one place. We watched them drink at a puddle on the public footpath and on the roof of a container in the industrial park.

I took some pictures that you can see in the monthly collection here.

Wherever you live right now, you can see waxwings. Its a great year for them. Check out your local birding website.