muddypaws. Jock1e and Macscouse are two very different people. Macscouse comes from Liverpool in England and I strongly suspect that Jock1e is from Bonnie Scotland. Macscouse confused the issue by marrying the L.H.O. (Long Haired One). She is the boss and volunteered him to live up there somewhere remote.

Not sign of either but they usualy turn up to feed on the windfalls around our appletrees, unfortunately this year the crop was almost non existant and what there was got eaten months ago. So if they do arrive times are going to be real tough.

Some years we get a lot of Fieldfares and Redwings around where I live near Birmingham. They seem to arrive in a large flock (is that the correct term for a collection of Redwings and Fieldfares?!), stay a few days and then go.

There can also be individual stragglers. This year, I think I may have seen one Fieldfare across the road, but it was too far away/poor light to be sure (it may have been a Thrush).

Last week there were hundreds (literally) of Goldfinches flying/settling in tall trees near our house.

We put a lot of food out for the birds, including a load of bird seed (assorted mix), but for some reason they mostly seem to ignore the seed and prefer brown bread.

Good idea about the apples.

Skeletal

PS As some may have seen a post I made a few weeks back, for some reason I can no longer start threads. It will be interesting to see if this reply will appear (replies to threads did work earlier).

No Fieldfares or Red Wings so far this Winter at OX28 but we do have a solitary Black Cap that has taken permanent residence at our feeding station. Likes the fat balls best but does eat seeds but not nuts.