Bramblings--what bramblings?

The brambling flocks that were around just a few days ago seem to have moved on. In fact there are few finches around except for chaffinches. It's been raining most days for the last week and today was no exception. I managed an hour or so between showers this afternoon and struggled to find just over 20 species--not even a starling ! The liveliest things around were perhaps the two small flocks of long-tailed tits which I came across.