Bird News

We have had a pair of Tree Sparrows sniffing around the last couple of weeks http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/t/treesparrow/index.aspx . I have never knowingly seen one before, so it was a nice surprise.
Next surprise was to see a Jay. Common as muck in most places, but unseen on Hob Moor in the 10 years we have lived here.

Then today Treat Man [the name we have given to the kindly gentleman with a black Labrador who always gives an appreciative Milo a biscuit] told me there were some Waxwings [above] in a tree on the Moor. Sure enough, there they were. Again I have never seen them before, so it was a real pleasure.