Bramblings about!

[Monika]

We had about 6 bramblings at the bird feeder today in a flock of chaffinches, eating sunflower hearts. It's about the usual time of the year for them to arrive here, though last year we hardly saw any. Until about five years ago we regularly had flocks of up to 40 in winter.

Now waiting for the reed buntings to come off the moor!

[Dogghound]

There were huge numbers on the coast and slightly inland about midway through last month. Maybe some of these birds filter through and eventually get to you. Always a great bird to see, especially in your garden.

[Blizzard]

Originally Posted by Monika

We had about 6 bramblings at the bird feeder today in a flock of chaffinches, eating sunflower hearts. It's about the usual time of the year for them to arrive here, though last year we hardly saw any. Until about five years ago we regularly had flocks of up to 40 in winter.

Now waiting for the reed buntings to come off the moor!

I saw my first bramblings for this autumn/winter on Sunday. About 20 of them in with a flock of about 80 chaffinches. There were also about 6 reed buntings in the same area. Last year I had bramblings close to home in October but not this year. Probably because my local rowans haven't had a good crop of berries this time.

Do your bramblings actually eat from the bird feeders? The ones I've had in the garden tend to eat below the feeders or where I scatter the food on the wall when I have snow but I can't remember them being on the feeders.

[Dogghound]

They like beech mast, always check around your local beech trees, not so much a rowan feeder compared to species like thrushes and waxwings.