What could this be

[Brian-1]

At work yesterday a bird landed on the fence, at first I thought it was a Thrush, but it had a Yellow beak, medium length. a yellowish tinge to its chest, and pale yellow legs.
The rest of the bird was Thrush colouring.
Had a google and the nearest I coud find was this one
Surfbirds - Online Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe

Any ideas?

[faz]

i think you have the answer in your question it could be a mistle thrush you dont say wher you are in the uk but stone_ curlew is very rare bird indeed the only thing that puts me off MT is the yellow beak MT is dark beak

[RoyW]

Originally Posted by Brian-1

At work yesterday a bird landed on the fence, at first I thought it was a Thrush, but it had a Yellow beak, medium length. a yellowish tinge to its chest, and pale yellow legs.
The rest of the bird was Thrush colouring.

Any ideas?

So why not a Song Thrush? perhaps just one with a longer looking beak than normal?

It wouldn't have been a Stone Curlew, these are much larger and would not land on a fence.

[Ferret]

If it landed on fence it was defiantly not a Stone Curlew, I have never seen or even heard of one landing on anything other than flat open ground and it would not go within fifty metres of a hedge or fence.

If it looked like a Thrush it was probably either a Song or Mistle Thrush or a young male or well marked female Blackbird, I can’t really think of anything else it could be.

Ferret

[moozy]

I clicked on your link and found a stone curlew

[faz]

Originally Posted by RoyW

So why not a Song Thrush? perhaps just one with a longer looking beak than normal?

It wouldn't have been a Stone Curlew, these are much larger and would not land on a fence.

i find the mt a bit more yellow and its a lkittle bigger but yes it could be a song thrush or female black bird red wing fieldfair