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Birds - Thrush, Fieldfare & Redwing Page 6
Image Taken on 16 Oct 2025
at 17:06 Image of day on 07 Dec 2025
Two views of a Song Thrush at the Meadow site, along with the same background Pigeon -
probably a juvenile Wood Pigeon.
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Image Taken on 29 Jul 2014
at 12:41 Image of day on 11 Oct 2014
"Clang - Clang - Clang"
"What on earths that" we said.
Through a gap in the trees we saw this Song Thrush beating a
snail against the corrugated iron (placed to attract amphibians and snakes).
Of well over 60 frames taken these 2 seem to catch the moment. On
the left the top of the arc before swinging the snail down onto
the metal, and 50 frames later (so maybe 10 seconds later) the
now destroyed shell and the bird extracting the 'good bit'.
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Image Taken on 29 Jun 2018
at 17:55 Image of day on 25 Aug 2018
A clearly hatched Song Thrush Egg dumped away from the nest by one of the
parents so as not to show predators where the nest is.
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Image Taken on 25 Mar 2015
at 11:05 Image of day on 10 May 2015
The Song Thrush enjoys our currently unkempt salad bed, here exploring
a grass tussock
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Image Taken on 20 Jun 2014
at 21:10 Image of day on 31 Aug 2014
As dusk falls a Song Thrush stands among the closing buttercups
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Image Taken on 21 Nov 2020
at 16:25 Image of day on 26 Dec 2020
An unusually poised moment for this Song Thrush, looking for something
to eat hidden in the bare soil.
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Image Taken on 30 Jun 2016
at 05:55 Image of day on 14 Aug 2016
A juvenile Song Thrush (note the yellow beak edge) flies low over the site
probably incidentally scaring away a smaller bird.
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Image Taken on 05 Aug 2014
at 05:58 Image of day on 16 Oct 2014
There are now many sites where we find scattered remains of snail
shells broken on slabs of stone, drain covers and corrugated
iron. We must have quite a few young Song Thrushes - and possibly
now not so many slugs and snails!
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Image Taken on 13 Jan 2010
at 07:37 Image of day on 15 Feb 2010
The thrush is undoubtedly not finding much by way of snails and
insects with the ground frozen, and we have seen them filling up
of stored fruit we put out.
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Image Taken on 25 Mar 2015
at 11:05 Image of day on 10 May 2015
The Song Thrush enjoys our currently unkempt salad bed where badgers,
squirrels, moles and the birds turn over the soil for invertebrates.
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Image Taken on 25 Sep 2012
at 16:38 Image of day on 01 Nov 2012
A Song Thrush no doubt hoping to find some snails to take off and smash.
Meanwhile a Great Tit takes off for reasons we can only guess.
Genuine single frame - no fiddles
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Image Taken on 30 Oct 2024
at 16:26 Image of day on 04 Dec 2024
A Song Thrush visits the hedge bottom as the daylight starts to fade.
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Image Taken on 13 May 2015
at 17:36 Image of day on 06 Jul 2015
The competing Song Thrush prefers this branch of an Ash tree.
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Image Taken on 27 Jun 2015
at 07:06 Image of day on 30 Aug 2015
The song thrush had taken up station to sing deep in a willow tree behind
a small holding-pond.
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Image Taken on 13 May 2015
at 17:35 Image of day on 06 Jul 2015
'The Voice' (a UK TV singing
'talent' show we DON'T watch) wildlife style.
Taken in the same minute these two Song Thrushes, perhaps 30m apart, seemed
to be competing for the most impressive song - for us in stereo!
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Ref: 20150706_df3_20150513_1735_050 song thrush singing from top of concrete post (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 16 May 2016
at 07:05 Image of day on 23 Jun 2016
This Song Thrush seems to have usurped the normal singing post of the male Blackbird.
The Blackbird simply uses another tree / post / aerial - anything to get him high!
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Image Taken on 29 Jun 2015
at 06:46 Image of day on 30 Aug 2015
The Song Thrush in his accustomed place on the tip of the highest
tree in the garden, singing for all he was worth. While
finalising this text 5 July he was high in this favourite
conifer caroling away.
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Image Taken on 02 Apr 2015
at 15:12 Image of day on 20 May 2015
We don't remember a year for Song Thrushes singing like this one
has been. We have at least two pairs nesting somewhere and they
encourage each other to sing to defend their territories.
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Image Taken on 17 Apr 2015
at 07:17 Image of day on 08 Jun 2015
We think we have 2 or 3 Song thrush territories, one around the
house, another around our South boundary, and a third at the
south edge of the woodland. This one is singing in a conifer by
the garage both 'inherited' with the house.
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Image Taken on 17 Apr 2015
at 07:17 Image of day on 08 Jun 2015
The same Song Thrush showing us the inside of his open beak as
he sings his little heart out.
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