First Redwings and Fieldfare 2009

[Falcon5]

Having heard Redwings flying over the last couple of nights it was great to see a group of around 70 flying over Huntingdon Town center today. Better still a further 100 or so were not far behind. I'm sure people passing by wondered what I was doing as I stood still, staring into what appeared to be an empty sky, with a smile on my face............

[SheffieldLass]

Lots of Redwing here on the outskirts of Sheffield today. Yippee they are back . Seeps from all the hawthorn bushes and surrounding trees, and a flock of c90 with a few Fieldfare mixed in. And as dusk fell there was a fieldfare chuckling, a few redwings seeps, a mistle thrush rattling and blackbird clucking all very close by, lovely to hear them all. The sound of winter ....