Fieldfare?

[Edster]

Hello all,

Forgive me but I'm a newbie and this is my first post.

I'm not a serious bird spotter but I do have feeders set up in my garden and I like to watch them out of my window whilst I'm pretending to work from home.

Today, however, I saw a new bird at the bottom of the garden feeding on berries. It was about 20m away but I managed to nip and get my camera and get a quick pic. Apologies for the quality but as I said it was quite a distance away. I've never seen this bird before but having looked through my book it seems like it's a Fieldfare. It stayed for about 5 mins, flew away and then came back for 5 mins again later.

I live in a small town in Staffodshire.

Thanks.

[Gaza]

Hi Edster
Welcome to the forum
Yes. You have a Fieldfare.
They seem to be everywhere at the moment.

[Jason Green]

Afternoon Ed, and welcome to WAB!

Yes, I agree - a Fieldfare, of course a winter-migrating bird. A nice close shot too.

Originally Posted by Gaza

Hi Edster
Welcome to the forum
Yes. You have a Fieldfare.
They seem to be everywhere at the moment.

...everywhere but with me, that is - I still haven't had the pleasure!

Take care,

Jason

[jaykay]

I agree, a lovely photo of a fieldfare

[Edster]

Thanks everyone. Another one ticked off my list of birds seen then.

Apologies if I've broken the forum rules about posting images! I used Photobucket and posted the link. How do I post it from within WAB?

Thanks in advance,

Ed

[k4t3]

Lovely pic of what looks like a fieldfare, I am also quite new to the birding culture, but I got couple of these in my garden last week...no pics tho as resident blackbirds chased them off quite quickly I never seem to be quick enough with the camera

[wizzo]

Hi Edster! Nice shot of a Fieldfare. Now keep an eye out for those Redwing! Shouldn't be far behind - Wizzo

[Jason Green]

So what have you seen then?

Originally Posted by Edster

How do I post it from within WAB?

See here: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/fo...otos-info.html

See you around the boards!