The Redwings Have Arrived

28th February 2026

Redwings are winter visitors that normally arrive in the UK in late September/early October but this winter the vast majority didn't arrive until the New Year. This winter the UK has had a bumper crop of all berries due to the very wet spring and hot summer and I suspect that Scandinavia has had the same so therefore the birds didn't travel south until they had exhausted their own crop.

But they are here in good numbers now and can be seen everywhere feeding on their favourite Ivy berries. Luckily I looked out of the window this morning and saw 5-10 Redwings feeding on our Ivy-covered Hawthorn tree. It was difficult to get a precise count as many were inside the Ivy.

Now this is my kind of photography where you can make a cup of tea, sit in the lounge and hang your camera out of the window. Sadly the light was very poor so the shutter speed wasn't fast enough for the action shots, but you can't have everything.

I've had worse mornings!!!!