Bohemian Waxwing: Nest & eggs

Most people never get to see the Bohemian Waxwing breed — it nests in the northern coniferous forest, not across most of the country.

• Location: a cup nest of twigs, lichen and moss, often near the top of a spruce in the taiga of northern Sweden.
• Clutch: around 5 eggs.
• Summer food: during breeding it lives largely on insects that it skilfully catches on the wing — a sharp contrast to the winter berry diet.

The species does not use nest boxes.

More about the Bohemian Waxwing

• Song & calls
• Breeding
• Diet
• In winter
• Migration