A waxwing at last!

 It's thirteen years since we last saw a waxwing, when a whole flock turned up in our garden, feeding on crab apples. There have been numerous reports of these spectacular birds all over the north-east this winter, but  it was only yesterday that we finally found one, feeding on hawthorn berries near Willington in the Wear valley. I didn't have a proper camera with me, so these pictures were taken with an iPhone 7 SE. Luckily, the bird was very obliging and let me get with a few feet before it flew higher into the tree.