After spending time with the family, I walked down to the local park to see what I could find, Fieldfare were very abundant in the park so I took a photo of a flock in a tree. When I got home and cropped the shot, I found that the centre right bird (below) looked very like a Waxwing.
The bird has most of the features of Waxwing; crest, black around the eye, rounded body and a shortish tail. The problem is, it is not small enough for Waxwing and you can just see a greyish cap on the head which is a prime feature of the nearby Fieldfare (centre left). After looking at the photo for a long time, you can also see the crest is obviously not connected to the bird but just a twig. This makes me come to the conclusion that it is not a Waxwing but just a Fieldfare :(.
Anyway, enough of me rambing on. Later on in the day, I came back to the park to take a look at the passerines that frequent the hedgerows. There was nothing worth noting but I did find a very showy Wren that sang and foraged through the undergrowth....
A Dunnock was singing from the same bush and showed its head briefly...
There was a steady flow of Canada Geese passing over me from a near by river...
And just as I left, I spotted a definate Fieldfare in the adjacent field....
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