Birds are flocking to domestic gardens as frozen conditions make it "almost impossible" to find natural food sources, wildlife charities have said..
The cold weather is bringing all sorts of unusual birds to homes, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds revealed.
Increasing numbers of waxwings, reed buntings, yellowhammers, redpolls, grey wagtails, redwings and fieldfares are being spotted alongside the more common robins and blackbirds on feeding tables across the country.
Val Osborne, of the RSPB, said: "We always get lots of calls from people reporting an abundance of birds in their gardens as they come in search of food at this time of year.
"But this year there has been a noticeable change in the species people are seeing in gardens.
"We would expect lots of garden favourites like robins and blackbirds and there are still plenty of those around but to see things like grey wagtails and bullfinches is more unusual."