Last winter, there was a huge cop of rowanberries in Scandinavia and I
saw fielfares and waxtails all winter in southern Finland. This year,
there has been hardly any rowanberries - and hardly any seedeaters are
left.

Birds of Britain says about fieldfares:
"Only a proportion of the Scandinavian fieldfares migrate. The
remainder spend the winter in their home countries, often in very
large numbers. snip By mid-November normal fieldfare emigration in
Scandinavia is at an end unless weather conditions become severe. Then
and particularly if the berry crop fails, 'weather migrants' may
arrive in East Anglia at any time during December or even in January.
Like waxwings, fieldfares are nomadic and show no allegiance to
regular wintering areas."

more here
http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird.../fieldfare.htm

Cheers, Elena, the non-twitcher

(phil) wrote in message ...
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 18:33:19 -0000, "DC"
wrote:

I've noticed a lot more Starlings around lately.


Phil (south Wales)