Can anyone recognize this bird from a description?

[grundyfm]

I have a pair of strange birds in my garden in, first noticed them yesterday. Checked in the Book of British birds and found nothing, in fact I have never seen them before. They are thrush/blackbird size, slightly longer and slender, brown colored with a glow of pink/orange across the throat and top of the chest. I will try and get a photo as this will help, but does anyone know what they could be?

[Deb London]

Possibly Fieldfare. Do they have a grey head?

[rossy]

id be going feildfare as well. rossy.

[Wild-Woman]

The flush of pink/orange makes me think Redwing although they are a bit smaller than other thrushes.

[Dogghound]

Options female blackbird (some can be very variable, especially 1st winter & continental), redwing, fieldfare.

[wint]

I've seen quite a lot of dark and dingey (?continental) Song Thrushes lately - thay have a pinky/orangey wash.

Or two 1st winter Red-throated Thrushes ?

[Amarillo]

doesn't really sound right for fieldfare

no idea, we definately need a photo if possible!

[Jonners]

My initial thought would be female Blackbird... some can look quite orange in parts.

[Endrick]

My immediate thought was redwing.

[RobS]

I'm in the female blackbird camp, or possibly American Robin