Noisy flock of small birds

[Headers]

This morning I heard a right old racket outside. A flock of small birds came along the side of the house, stopped in a large bush for a few moments then off again. Very chatty.
Smaller than a robin ( one was watching all this) with a creamy yellow cravat and a beak like a robin. Couldn’t get a photo.
No idea what they were but they were heading North.
Any ideas please?

[demi]

Try using the Merlin bird app

https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ (Cornell University is where it comes from)

It is extremely good at identifying birds from a description.

You can downlaod it to your phone and use it to identify birds by their song when out & about.

I've been using it for a couple of years & love it.

PS It's free!

[Pathca]

I use that and when I stayed in Porth Madog recently it was brilliant at both sea and land bird

[Veem]

Biggles suggests they may have been Long-Tailed tits, which tend to be in small flocks and chatter a lot.
More info:
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org

He also highly recommends the Merlin App from Cornell University

[Headers]

Biggles suggests they may have been Long-Tailed tits, which tend to be in small flocks and chatter a lot.
More info:
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org

He also highly recommends the Merlin App from Cornell University

definitely not long tts. I have a band of those in the garden all the time. These were definitely ‘on the move’

[Veem]

Interesting!

[Bayleaf]

Starlings?

[demi]

Wood warbler? They are apparently doing really well in France now

Eurasian siskin? Overwinter in France.

[Trelawney]

I like the Wood Warbler suggestion. They could have been migrating to Africa for the winter. Maybe they were taking a short diversion by heading North for a while.

[Headers]

I am tending towards the Wood Warbler. I haven’t put my sound bite into the app yet. Maybe today. Thankyou all for your input. I’m wondering if this late extended warm spell has confused them a bit and they’re heading in the wrong direction!