Only just seen this. We had a flock of Waxwings here in Nunhead (SE15). My neighbour counted about 45/50. They hung around for about 5 days. So yes, they did make it to SE London before heading off somewhere chillier, brr...
To update earlier posting, I can confirm the small group of Waxwings we saw a few weeks earlier here near Reading, Berks, have been hanging around this area since and we have noticed the last few days their numbers have been increasing from the 11 we origianlly saw to about 30 or more - could this be an "Eruption" brewing up before they fly back to Scandinavia? Interesting how they can come together like that? Don't think they will be here much longer though as they (along with the blasted pigeons) have stripped the cotoneaster tree of nearly all it's berries!
I have seen waxwings on a few occasions over the last 60 yers or so, but I have lived in the same house for 25 years and never had a waxwing visit my garden------Until yeserday, 2May2011----- when one lone bird came and perched on the topmost branch of the ash tree. Made my day!
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