liverpool_bob said:hehehe, know the feeling :-O
Best Lap Bunts I ever seen were at Barmston - maybe late autumn 90. I was sat on the cliff top leaning against the caravan park fence, munching a bag of crisps I'd bought from the village shop when some wee birds flew in off the sea and landed on the short grass about 30 feet away along the path. Assumed they were Linnets or something common but got my bins up and bugger me if they weren't Lap Bunts. I watched them for several minutes in which time they got too close for bins and must have been within 3-4 feet at one point - incredible! A dog walker came along and flushed them, not to be seen again.
Cheers,
Bob.
I can remember seeing the seriously large flocks on the east coast - probably about ten years ago at Flamborough. I remember numbers of a few hundred being recorded.
Aldbrough is a good spot. There are usually 1-2 present in the fields north (I think) of the caravan park.