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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hollis_f" data-source="post: 1391438" data-attributes="member: 14566">Brambling at lastOne of my 'bogey' birds has been Brambling. Never managed to see one. So, having read a report on the SOS website, Didi and I headed off to Chantry Hill, near Storrington. We drove all the way up to the car park and immediately could see birds around the nearest dung heap. We walked along the path a way and saw lots of Chaffinches and quite a few Yellowhammers. But trying to find anything else was quite difficult as the flocks were mainly on the other side of the dung heap.However, we did notice that they were moving between the dungpile and some trees down in the valley. And, quite often, some of them would use the two small trees next to the path (between the two gates) as a midway stop. So we set up the cameras near the second gate and waited.We were soon rewarded with great views of lots of Chaffinches, several Yellowhammers and a Lesser Redpoll before a male Brambling arrived, stayed long enough for a good ID then flew of to the dungpile. It wasn't long before a female arrived and stayed long enough to photograph.Most satisfied we headed off to The Sportsman for lunch (a nice pub with incredible views over the Brooks at Amberley) before returning, hoping that the light would be better. And we weren't disappointed as a male Brambling allowed us to get very close before a few people on horses saw it off.</blockquote>