Fieldfares

[daffy66]

Happy new year to you all.
Is it just me thats not been in the right place at the right time or are there fewer fieldfare around this year? iv only seen a lone one where ive seen loads before this year and had a flock of about 15 or so fly over the house. seen redwings all over though???????.

[david156]

Hi,

and a happy new year to you too.

Complete oppisite for me. Seen loads of fieldfares, (flocks of 100+ at times) but only seen redwings in small numbers.

David

[aeshna5]

Redwing + Fieldfare are pretty nomadic in the winter which means some people may not see many, whereas they maybe plentiful elsewhere.

Since the first spell of hard weather I've seen more Fieldfare than normal.

Good numbers of these thrushes were observed in the autumn arriving in the UK.

[willing to learn]

There was a huge amount,a while back here like something I have never seen before.There are still quite a few but nothing like the first influx.
Ten's of Thousands of Fieldfares
Regards
Colin

[monkeyrepublic]

Flocks of 100+?! Good Lord! I've had one lone fieldfare visiting my garden for the past three years. I was quite impressed with just the one! But this year that number is down somewhat.

I've certainly got a visiting redwing though, as I did last year.

Pics from last year...

[Jason Claxton]

I'm seeing mixed flocks of 300-400 Fieldfare and Redwing near me,no shortage of either here.

[Dogghound]

Im having alot more redwing at the moment, had good numbers of both on migration a few months back 1000+ birds passing over in a day or so. Now most of the fieldfare have continued inland about 15 miles from me, there are afew fields there with great numbers, with the redwing are present in smaller groups and singles here on the coast.