STUNNING images show a large flock of Waxwings visiting Worcester.

The pictures photographer Roger Mason took shows the birds eating berries in Silverdale Avenue and flying away.

He said: "Waxwings this morning in Silverdale Avenue, when they flew off, I took a shot of a group and counted 88 birds, and that probably wasn't all of them."

Worcester News: Roger Mason had counted 88 of them but estimated there were many more. Roger Mason had counted 88 of them but estimated there were many more. (Image: Roger Mason)The birds live in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe but often visit the UK in winter.

This year, a particularly high number of waxwings have made the journey and so far been spotted in Malvern.

The RSPB website reads: "The Waxwing is a plump bird, which is slightly smaller than a Starling.

Worcester News: The Waxwing's leaving Silverdale Avenue.The Waxwing's leaving Silverdale Avenue. (Image: Roger Mason)"It has a prominent crest (head feathers that stick up).

"It's reddish-brown with a black throat, a small black mask around its eye, yellow and white in the wings and a yellow-tipped tail.

"It does not breed in the UK but is a winter visitor.

"In some years, we see larger numbers of visiting Waxwings, called irruptions, when the population in their breeding grounds gets too big for the food available."