A brief run out with the old man this afternoon and, for want of much else around, we had a go at the Hawfinches reported around Brompton and Thorton-le-Dale. A few jumpy birds at the latter were as good as it got, but an unexpected thrush bonanza at the former (in the snowy field opposite the church) was a real bonus - not least for this cracking Ring Ouzel which hopped out and showed well for a few minutes. Amazingly there were all six commonly-occurring thrushes side by side in the field - not something you'd expect on a sub-zero January day..... a quick look at the mostly-frozen Mere in Scarborough on the way back was fairly quiet, although a few Goosander were making the best of a hard day's fishing.
