Redwings

Last winter, the area around the house was full of fieldfares but no redwings seemed to settle here although numbers of them were seen and heard over-flying. This morning I counted twenty five individuals in the field at the back of the house. There are still plenty of berries on the hawthorn hedge, but these birds were taking advantage of the mild weather to forage for insects on the grass.
Other birds that appear to be around in much greater nu,bers this winter include jays and nuthatches. These of course, are not winter migrants and so their increased numbers may be due to the good summer we experienced.