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‘Stunning’ sight draws gathering of birders to York city walls

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Catch them while you can!

They only head to our shores every few years, and not often in the numbers being seen now.Rob Chapman, of York Birding and the regional rep for the British Trust for Ornithology, was among those watching from the walls today (Friday).“Every few years, you get a big influx of waxwings, when the berry crop fails in the Nordic countries, Scandinavia and the like, and and they come over to the UK,” he told YorkMix.

“Here in York two days ago, there were up to 42 on the corner of Nunnery Lane and Bishy Road.”

Birdwatchers on the city walls study the waxwings in the tree. Photograph: YorkMix

If you’ve seen groups of people with binoculars and long camera lenses gathered around York city walls this week, here’s the reason why.
They are birdwatchers who have come to see the uncommon site of a group of waxwings visiting the city.
Bohemian waxwings, to give them their full name, have a large crest and colourful plumage. As one birdwatcher put it, they are ‘stunning birds’. [ . . . ]

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