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Birds - Thrush, Fieldfare & Redwing Page 7
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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Image Taken on 22 May 2025
at 19:54 Image of day on 07 Jul 2025
The Classic portrait of a Song Thrush
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Image Taken on 01 Oct 2024
at 08:39 Image of day on 09 Nov 2024
Over a couple of hours this Song Thrush made 3 visits to the hedge bottom.
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Image Taken on 19 Oct 2025
at 11:37 Image of day on 07 Dec 2025
3 Song Thrush visits on the same day.
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Image Taken on 25 Apr 2013
at 07:10 Image of day on 05 Jun 2013
A Song Thrush singing - for us it captures the 'Joy of Spring'
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Image Taken on 09 Dec 2012
at 16:20 Image of day on 10 Jan 2013
A Song thrush announcing it's presence.
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Image Taken on 03 Jan 2016
at 07:33 Image of day on 07 Feb 2016
This Song thrush is giving us a good look at the speckled breast.
Meanwhile a female Blackbird lurks in the background.
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Image Taken on 27 Feb 2018
at 13:46 Image of day on 07 Apr 2018
A Song Thrush complete with snail in beak. We haven't found what we assume is a
'convenient' Thrush 'Anvil' as yet.
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Image Taken on 27 May 2025
at 12:00 Image of day on 07 Jul 2025
Well now we can guess what this Song Thrush is using, at least sometimes,
as his anvil - the stone at the Hedge bottom photo site.
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Image Taken on 15 Aug 2015
at 19:51 Image of day on 17 Oct 2015
90 minutes later at the same site what looks like the same Song Thrush
with more traditional fare - a snail to smash open on the stone.
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Image Taken on 26 May 2011
at 10:28 Image of day on 22 Jun 2011
We have been seeing fresh broken snail shells in more places than
usual, and here is one of the culprits!
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Image Taken on 02 Aug 2010
at 05:57 Image of day on 14 Sep 2010
Various stony places are littered with broken snail shells. Here
is the culprit - a Song Thrush. We think this is a youngish one -
it has certainly taken the snail to where there is no convenient
stone.
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Image of day on 08 Feb 2005
Song thrush with unusually light markings.
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Image Taken on 15 Aug 2015
at 18:15 Image of day on 17 Oct 2015
Our first image of a Song Thrush for some time is this unusual moment
of one of this year wild cherries looking like it will choke the bird,
but is obviously completely normal fare.
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Image Taken on 12 Apr 2014
at 17:39 Image of day on 03 Jun 2014
A Song thrush with a worm - its is not eating it so it must be for the brood.
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Image Taken on 07 Jun 2006
at 21:19 Image of day on 17 Jun 2006
Haven't seen many thrushes lately, so it's nice to see this fine
example.
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Image Taken on 05 Feb 2017
at 22:36 Image of day on 13 Mar 2017
20 minutes after a very short touchdown the same Tawny Owl, arrives back at high
speed (seen on CCTV recording and reflecting the increased stall speed) from the
left for a 10 minute stay, unexpectedly carrying a Fieldfare in the Talons.
The Owl stood still for a few minutes, presumably waiting for the poor bird to
expire while squeezed in the talons, before ripping it to pieces to eat it. At
10:35 p.m. it is far too dark for Fieldfares to be out feeding, so we are
advised that this one probably chose a not very safe place to roost. To choose
our post as it's butcher's table suggests that the Fieldfare was snatched from
one of our trees in the main woodland area.
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Image Taken on 06 Feb 2017
at 06:56 Image of day on 13 Mar 2017
Early next morning we found the aftermath ...
Testing the IR beam trigger shows us the remains on the top of the post. These
had gone by the time we had seen the pics and went out to look for signs. We
found feathers scattered around the post and a few heaped at the bottom of
the post on the South side shown here.
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Image Taken on 19 Jan 2013
at 16:31 Image of day on 26 Feb 2013
The local Thrush also put in several appearances in the snow.
The bird has started using a sheet of corrugated iron
(intended to attract snakes in the summer) as it's 'Anvil'.
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