[QUOTE 5007352, member: 9609"]........Large numbers of Field Fares (200+) in North Northumberland a few days ago, cycling is a wonderful way to see these birds as they will keep moving along in the fields at about the same rate.....[/QUOTE]
There are some abandoned commercial apple orchards on the outskirts of the village, and I swear I've seen a thousand fieldfares at a time in there. It's a truly astonishing sight (and sound). I left the bullace on our trees this year (there were soooooo many........one tree broke under the weight), expecting the fieldfares to come and strip the lot. Not one! Not a single one bothered. I had to prune the crop off the branches before the big winds last week.