Bramblings

A walk out today to Dyrehaven (the old royal hunting ground north of Copenhagen) with the in-laws produced the largest flock of Brambling I have ever seen.. there were at least 1,000 present by the entrance to the wood at Skodsborg and there were probably more as I did not see the whole flock. The scene reminded me of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds with the ground crawling with birds and the air filled with a calling mass.. great stuff. Supporting cast was a bunch of calling and very active Nuthatches, a few Common Buzzards and the odd Jay. Still no Waxwings.