Waxwing
Taken at Mossend on 11th November 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Tuphall Road, Hamilton  on 10th November 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Haddington on 29th January 2017 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Gullane on 30th October 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at the junction of Cathcart Road and Aitkenhead Road, Glasgow, on 7th November 2010 using Nikon D40X with Nikon 300 mm zoom lens. Approximately 800 Waxwings at this site
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Taken at Haddington on 29th January 2017 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Waxwing.
Species :
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Local names: 		Bombycilla garrulus .
Passeriformes.
Bombycillidae.
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Birch or conifer trees
Moss-lined twigs.
Summer - Insects;
Winter-large berries- e.g. rowan, hawthorn, cotoneaster;  Can also eat apples etc.
Pale, pinkish-brown body. Large crest. Black line through eye. Yellow tail tip.
May - June. 1 brood.
4 - 6
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