Blakehill, autumn into winter

7 Nov - A couple of visits to Blakehill this week, and the most striking change in the last couple of weeks is the arrival of good numbers of winter Thrushes. Several hundred Fieldfares and Redwings today, very mobile and flighty around the hawthorns and berry bushes but always wary. Also the usual pair of Stonechats, with several Reed Buntings and a more unusual ( here at least) male Yellowhammer.