There was a mass movement of thrushes today, especially this morning with huge counts recorded across the North West. Most remarkable where the counts at Crosby of 122,600 birds and Horwich moors 62,000+ birds.
Unfortunately I couldn't get to the flash in the morning so missed out to a large extent, but I did record thousands over our back garden in the morning, all of which must have passed over the flash. There were less birds in the afternoon but I still recorded over 2000 passing over in flocks which varied in size from 20 - 100 birds. Redwings accounted for about 75% of the total, though ironically all of my photos are of fieldfares.
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