Waxwing feeding on old rotting Apples in late winter, Aviemore Scottish Highlands. SCO 2171

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The waxwing is a plump bird, which is slightly smaller than a starling. It has a prominent crest. It is reddish-brown with a black throat, a small black mask round its eye, yellow and white in the wings and a yellow-tipped tail. It does not breed in the UK, but is a winter visitor, in some years in larger numbers, called irruptions, when the population on its breeding grounds gets too big for the food available. SCO 2171

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Size: 5080px × 3797px
Location: Aviemore Strathspey Inverness-shire Highland Scotland UK
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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