{"id":3745,"date":"2016-12-31T16:19:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T16:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3745"},"modified":"2016-12-31T16:19:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T16:19:57","slug":"the-woodley-waxwing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3745","title":{"rendered":"The Woodley Waxwing"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_9984\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/31943321605\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/1\/301\/31943321605_7785daeced_c.jpg\" alt=\"Bohemian Waxwing\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Great to see the arrival\u00a0of the Bohemian Waxwings on the outskirts of Stockport. Over the past couple of months they&#8217;ve gradually been working their way south since arriving up in the north east from the vast coniferous forests of northern Russia and Finland. Although so far not quite as many have made their way south as during the winter of 2012\/13\u00a0an early one arrived with a group of Redwings in Woodley.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_0018\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/31570560620\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/1\/364\/31570560620_d3eeb3c5a6_c.jpg\" alt=\"Red &quot;sealing wax&quot; tips to the\u00a0Waxwing's secondary feathers\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The red &#8220;sealing wax&#8221; tips to the\u00a0Waxwing&#8217;s secondary feathers can just about be made out on the above photo. I quite admire\u00a0the Victorians common sense approach to the naming of birds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_9852\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/31570496240\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/334\/31570496240_38f55a5b5e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Redwing - another well named\u00a0visitor from the far north.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Redwing &#8211; another well named\u00a0visitor from the far north.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_9954\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/31943315525\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/1\/454\/31943315525_57963e9078.jpg\" alt=\"Male Blackbird watching his berry crop disappear.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_9859\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/31103591784\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/772\/31103591784_01370257cb.jpg\" alt=\"Mistle Thrush \" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>A concerned local watching his berry crop disappear.<\/td>\n<td>The Mistle Thrush wasn&#8217;t impressed either.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_9765\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/31943262785\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/1\/665\/31943262785_5f095241c1.jpg\" alt=\"Fieldfare\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_9771\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/31906400846\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/1\/287\/31906400846_6c8305b897.jpg\" alt=\"Fieldfare - noticeably more wary than the\u00a0Redwings and Waxwing.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>A Fieldfare &#8211; another visitor from the north.<\/td>\n<td>Noticeably more wary than the\u00a0Redwings and Waxwing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a title=\"DSC_9847\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/31906408816\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/609\/31906408816_e80315895f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Rowan berries being enjoyed by a Redwing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rowan berries &#8211; by far the favourite crop. Fortunately widely planted with this tree one of a group growing on a street corner.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"P1080714\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/31147109624\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/607\/31147109624_03b51e09f0_b.jpg\" alt=\"Mistletoe growing on a Rowan outside a petrol station\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The unusual sight of Mistletoe growing on a Rowan. Located at the entrance to a petrol station difficult to imagine its been planted\u00a0deliberately into the bark of the tree. More likely is that one of the local thrushes has wiped the sticky Mistletoe seed into a crack or crevice. Perhaps unsurprisingly no sign of any Mistletoe berries this year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great to see the arrival\u00a0of the Bohemian Waxwings on the outskirts of Stockport. Over the past couple of months they&#8217;ve gradually been working their way south since arriving up in the north east from the vast coniferous forests of northern Russia and Finland. 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