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Post by rowanberry on Feb 11, 2021 21:00:50 GMT
This thrush appeared briefly in our garden yesterday, but I'm not sure what sort it is. Very bad photo- taken from a long distance and through a wire mesh fence, so apologies for the quality.  Bird for ID Feb 2021 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr |
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Post by aeshna5 on Feb 12, 2021 5:57:21 GMT
There's a very big clue here- the red patch on the flanks- it's a Redwing. Also note the creamy supercilium (the eyebrow) which no other UK thrush has. Plenty of these around my way at the moment. These are largely winter visitors to the UK with up to half a dozen pairs breeding in the Highlands, but very common in winter.
They often form large flocks & you can see them feeding in even urban parks & playing fields. Sometimes you'll see them with their much larger cousins the Fieldfares though these rarely turn up in more built-up areas, though will do in weather conditions like we're currently experiencing. They are very nomadic, so you can get a lot in one area in one year ¬ see them at all another.
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Post by rowanberry on Feb 12, 2021 9:35:26 GMT
Thanks, Aeshna!
That's a first for our garden... although we did have a couple of fieldfares the last time we got quite a bit of snow, (so that's been several years ago now.)
I've scattered some mealworms out in the grass in the hopes they might come back again- there were two of them.
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