Having reccied the area earlier in the week and establishing that we could potentially manage a catch of some Waxwings at the site, I contacted the local authority and gained their agreement we could have a go today. This morning saw seven of us gathering and setting up at 6.45am at three locations around the roundabout, with other hopefuls ringing at Bedfont waiting for the call. The flock of about 150 odd birds duly arrived not long into the morning, but sadly they chose the opposite side of the roundabout from where we had set up most of the nets. We moved one of the nets to the other side and soon caught one - but as four of us there had not handled one before, there were people still hoping for more considering the numbers present. Not long afterwards we caught another seven, one already rung, which not only kept those present happy but allowed us to put a call into the Bedfont team and get them down to process a couple of birds as well. Sadly, for Waxwings that was it for the day, although we did manage 3 Blue Tits later.
juvenile- no yellow in the primaries
adult - yellow on the outer web of the primaries
control - right BTO above white, left blue above white above red
This bird had been seen at Brentford by one of our group earlier on in January - see history below.
| NW49372 | 31/10/2010 | Allenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen | |
| NW49372 | 01/12/2010 | Oswestry, Shropshire | 480km SSW |
| NW49372 | 17/12/2010 | Rimmington Gardens, Romsey, Hampshire (SU369225) | 234km SSE |
| NW49372 | 18/12/2010 | Rimmington Gardens, Romsey, Hampshire (SU369225) | 0km |
| NW49372 | 12/01/2011 | Brentford London | 100km NE | | | | |
