Iceland, Portugal, Spain, southern Italy, Greece and Turkey all reported them. Fearless and readily approached, waxwings will visit quite small gardens close to busy streets and are indifferent to passing traffic. In fact individuals often become traffic casualties when flying too low after gorging on fruits. In the centre of Norwich I have watched them when winging over St Peter Mancroft Church heading for the cotoneasters below the City Hall. Earlham and College Road, Thorpe St Andrew and Mousehold Heath are other favoured haunts.
Waxwings are highly conservative.
Once you have discovered their favoured spots you may seek them with some confidence during future eruptions. Waxwings have remarkable appetites. A party of seven completely stripped a heavily laden cotoneaster covering a 100 sq ft of a cottage wall in Holt in only two days. Later they turned their attention to an abandoned orchard greedily devouring the remaining apples. One waxwing consumed a complete one some two and a half inches in diameter in only four visits of from five to seven minutes each.