Winter mixed Tit flocks

I’m still keeping my eyes and ears peeled for a Yellow-browed Warbler or Firecrest at the Brickworks. No luck today but I did come across an impressive mixed Tit flock containing the following:

9+ Goldrests
11+ Long-tailed Tits
3 Blue Tits
2 Great Tits
4 Chaffinch

Around the rest of the site, I encountered another small flock of Long-tailed Tits and further Tit and Finch flocks. Total minimum counts for the morning were:

9+ Goldrests
15+ Long-tailed Tits
6+ Blue Tits
5+ Great Tits
8+ Chaffinch
8+ Bullfinch
20+ Goldfinch
1 Skylark (flyover)
1 Nuthatch
6+ Robins
4+ Dunnocks
8+ Blackbird
15+ Redwing
1 Jay
2 Green Woodpecker
8 Magpie
1 Kestrel
1 Red Kite
+ Woodpigeons & Carrion Crows

It was unusual not to see one of the 3 resident Buzzards riding the thermals with the Red Kite. Also, after what feels like weeks of Siskin passage, with single birds flying over during recent visits, I didn't hear one this morning. A good sized Redwing flock (50+) arrived last week (20/10/2015) and there are likely more around than the 15 or so seen/heard.

P.S. The Common Toadflax is still flowering and still a very cheery sight.