I had a message from a friend this morning that Redwings were arriving on the east coast. A little later another message from just south of York reported over 3000 birds heading west.
I went up on to Beeley Moor facing east and waited patiently whilst scanning the horizon. Just after 11:00 the first group of 70 birds crossed the moor followed by several flocks of 40 to 50 birds. By mid-day I had counted 480 birds arriving from the east. Whilst watching for the Redwing 4 Brambling landed in the trees close to where I was stood and at least 15 Lesser Redpoll followed the Redwings heading west.
Hopefully we'll see more in the coming days
Redwing crossing a grey sky 
Brambling feeding briefly before continuing west
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