Fieldfares

[MrNoo]

A lot of them around here these last few days, I was always told a precursor to bad weather, unsure of the truth in that though.

 

[Widgetone]

Yep, loads in my part of Suffolk too. Avian flu?

 

[DRC]

Field fares here in good numbers . They like the stubble turnip fields as the sheep graze them .
Also pigeons on rape like we’ve never seen before . Wonder if the lack of acorns this year has made them start early on rape .

 

[Minesapint]

Lots here too. Huge amount of berries in the hedges (holding off cutting), but the birds are clearing them very fast. They might know something!

 

[Pan mixer]

Haven't seen any yet. But it is foggy.

 

[Princess Pooper]

A lot of them around here these last few days, I was always told a precursor to bad weather, unsure of the truth in that though.

Well we get them every year .... and isn't there usually bad weather in winter?

 

[jondear]

Always loads in the South West feasting on uncut hedges . Redwings too!

 

[MrNoo]

Well we get them every year .... and isn't there usually bad weather in winter?

Yes that seems to be the old saying down here, we get them every year too but there are flocks of 200+ here, more numbers than normal

 

[steveR]

Field fares here in good numbers . They like the stubble turnip fields as the sheep graze them .
Also pigeons on rape like we’ve never seen before . Wonder if the lack of acorns this year has made them start early on rape .

Yep, decimated several fields of OSR locally..... and my BB mix....

As you say some mahooosive pigeon flocks about.

Daughter is happy as she loves shooting and eating them, but personally, I can leave cabbage flavoured pigeon breasts, it's like the taint you can taste on lamb off turnips

 

[steveR]

Yes that seems to be the old saying down here, we get them every year too but there are flocks of 200+ here, more numbers than normal

200... that's just the outriders here...

 

[Bobthebuilder]

lots up here atm, also must've seen @20 woodcock on saturday while having a walk about with half a dozen mates, none of us could hit a cows ar5e with a shovel tho only bagged 6 pheasants,1 woodcock and 3 ducks

 

[beltbreaker]

Not sure about Fieldfares, but I saw 10s of Woodcock whilst stripping 800m of fece today, forecast looks colder up here from Christmas onwards.

 

[thorpe]

not seen a field fare or redwing yet leices.

 

[Kidds]

not seen a field fare or redwing yet leices.

I can only think you haven't been looking, they arrived at least a month ago. They caught me out a bit or at least made me realise how far behind I had got with things. I was thinking my apples that were still on the trees were safe enough as the varieties left didn't have a habit of falling off. Then the fieldfares turned up. (they eat apples if you weren't aware)

 

[Bogweevil]

Came through here in the SE last month stripping berries from hedges and hollies