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03-11-2009, 11:09 PM
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| | | Bird Identification please
Hiya,
I was hoping someone with a better knowledge of birds than myself could identify this bird for me. Flickr Photo Download: Mistle Thrush
I took it over at the new forest ... my first thoughts were mistle thrush but the second option i can think of is field fare.
There were 5/6 of them in a field but this the only good shot i could get from the car window 
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03-11-2009, 11:14 PM
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Hi Alex
I would say Fieldfare as the markings on its breast do not seem quite like a Mistle Thrush but i am probably wrong.
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03-11-2009, 11:28 PM
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Most likely Fieldfare if there was a group of them. They are coming in now for the berries. |
03-11-2009, 11:55 PM
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Before the externally-linked photo is removed by the Mods - that is a Song Thrush.
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03-11-2009, 11:56 PM
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It does concentrate the mind, doesn't it?
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04-11-2009, 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Hedera  Most likely Fieldfare if there was a group of them. They are coming in now for the berries. | It's not uncommon to have small loose flocks of Mistle Thrush- I've often seen up to a dozen or more late summer/autumn. |
04-11-2009, 06:56 AM
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| | | Re: Bird Identification please
I'm not good with thrushes, but that is not a Fieldfare - 100 % sure 
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04-11-2009, 10:18 AM
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| | | Re: Bird Identification please
Agree with Solus - Song thrush |
04-11-2009, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 It's not uncommon to have small loose flocks of Mistle Thrush- I've often seen up to a dozen or more late summer/autumn. | This is my experience too ... I've been seeing flocks of up to a dozen mistle thrushes harvesting the rowans and elderberries around the fringes of the forest over the last couple of weeks.
From the photo the ID for me is not wholly definitive, but because there was a sizeable group of them, I'd be perhaps more inclined to go with mistle thrush than song thrush ... it's not a fieldfare though. |
04-11-2009, 12:59 PM
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| | | Re: Bird Identification please
mistle thrush or me too. Definately not fieldfare and looks too greyish and robust for songthrush | | | |
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