20+ Waxwing mid morning in grounds St Johns, off new Briggate Leeds (churchyard locked). Passable views for ten minutes, before they flew west. Also checked Joseph Well car park, Woodhouse Sq, Park Sq and Mabgate with no luck (but have seen recent close photos from Park Sq). Struck me, not for first time, that much more likely to see Goldfinch nowadays than sparrows. 15+ in Woodhouse Sq, poss. as many in Mabgate, and 10+ in trees off Belgrave St.
I can remember back in the mid 80's, having snuck out of work for a smoke, I was sat in the churchyard here when a peregrine took a feral pigeon not much more than 20 feet away from me. Sadly some of the ever present winos in the churchyard spooked the bird before it could have a decent feast.