a few more Spurn oddments

Mealy Redpoll, fence post and barbed wire forming a good forefront to all Great Grey Shrikes and a flock of Brambling that I estimated at a minimum of 400 birds

Mealy / Common Redpolls

more Mealy Redpolls

several of the Mealies are very grey toned on the uppers with only hints of brown -- their rather drab plumage seems to mirror the grey backdrop of the birch trees and the grey and cold weather

Mealy / Common Redpolls

some really nice birds with striking males among the flock of 30 but I only managed to get good photos on non adult males -- a male from Saturday at the bottom in rather poor light