Psilos Flight photography

Barrow, Lancs November 2008 - Whilst waiting for a flock of waxwings to appear I noticed a pair of Mistlethrushes hanging around and calling out in alarm. Mistlethrushes are very territorial and aggressive when it comes to food and will persistently protect trees stuffed with berries. Many times they drove off the Waxwings but that afternoon they turned their aggression out on each other. They fought in the air, claws out locked together for a good couple of minutes. This behaviour has rarely been seen before so I was very lucky to catch it.