 The flight of the fieldfare is slow and direct . It takes several strong beats then closes its wings briefly before flapping on . It is highly gregarious , quite shy and easily scared in the winter and bold and noisy in the breeding season . When a group is in a tree they all tend to face in the same direction , keeping up a constant <unk> . When foraging on the ground , often in association with <unk> , the group works its way up wind , each bird <unk> every so often to stand erect and gaze around before resuming feeding . When alarmed they fly off down wind and the feeding group reforms elsewhere . In woodland they do not <unk> in the <unk> as do <unk> or song <unk> , instead they perch in the open on bushes and high branches . They roost socially , sometimes in overgrown <unk> and <unk> but usually on the ground . Common sites are in rough grass among bushes or clumps of rushes , in young plantations , on <unk> and in the <unk> of <unk> fields . 
