Snow Buntings and Northern Long-tailed Tits

I went to a local spot with a friend of mine (Andy) to see if the Snow Buntings were still around as they've been lingering since Nov/Dec last year. They were indeed still there, 4 of them, poking around in the rubble and puddles and snow. Although there was no snow at 'normal' levels, Soil Hill to the north of Halifax is a bit higher at 1300 feet so there was a little snow around. The visibility was bad but we had pretty good views and the birds approached quite close to us as we crouched to try to get some photos. Drizzle was blowing onto our cameras so the quality of the shots we got wasn't great - here's the best of mine.

On to Luddenden in the hope of seeing the Northern Long-tailed Tits that I had missed on two previous visits....3rd time lucky perhaps?

We parked at Jerusalem Farm and walked by the stream towards the head of the Dean. Although there were a few Long-tailed Tits about they were all the usual race we see around the UK. We wandered lonely through the clouds hoping to catch a view of the birds and at about 14:00 Andy spotted two of them, on the telephone wires behind the house where they had been seen previously.

They really stand out like sore thumbs compared to the standard LTT's and once you see them they are unmistakable.No photos I'm afraid as they were too far away.
Other birds seen:
Treecreeper - at least 3
Nuthatch - 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 maybe 3
Bullfinch - 4 (3 females)
Kestrel
Goldcrest - 2
Grey Heron - 2 (one perched in a fir tree)
Jay