Yup, I'm in one of the place mentioned in that first Irish birding thing you quoted; there are hundreds round here, in every field, garden etc - not many fieldfares though.
They are utterly exhausted, we've had several just die in our garden and have had to keep our cats in all the time (which they aren't happy about) as they were just walking up and killing them. You could walk right up to them and pick them up, some of them just don't have the energy to run/fly. We try not to disturb them as it means they are using up energy which they just don't have to spare
There are lots along the sides of roads etc as well...it is so sad. We're doing our best to feed them but so many are still dying -- they stripped our neighbour's holly tree of berries within a day.
We've had extra snipe and lapwings about too, but more redwings than anything...