If I was a Swallow, I fear that's the kind that I would be. In my anxiety to not be late I frequently arrive places far too early. There was a flock of about 200 Redwings (and a few Fieldfares ) near Sarnau this morning. Arfon has reported seeing some Bramblings among the flocks of Chaffinches near to where he lives. I feel that I have seen a lot of Chaffinches this winter (but alas no Bramblings ) presumably because there was such a lot of beech mast produced last autumn. There are many places (lines of Beech trees) that I walk or drive past regularly which seem to have held 100/200 birds continuously since November. That's a lot seed to munch.