Id for this please.

[LynM]

Seen in Dorset this morning.....Song or Mistle Thrush or even Fieldfare?

[Cassillis]

Song Thrush, nice capture.

[Picidae]

It's a Mistle Thrush

(Cassilis, welcome to WAB - very easy to confuse these two - note the shape of the rounded spots on flanks, cf. to arrow shape on ST, overall greyish tones and pale rump, cf. to ST brown, and white edges to wing feathers, which are absent in ST)

[faz]

hi lyn m i get confused some times with song and mistle just checked and agree with picidae its a mistle thrush

[LynM]

Thanks folks. Someone on another birdy forum once told us about the way to tell them apart and I've realised that it's exactly what Picidae has said about the shape of the spots....only I'd forgotten! There is also some folklore about Mistles being seen in middle of a field and Songs on the side....not much help when they are up a tree in a garden!!

[actionfinch]

nice pictures mind...harder to spot /notice and easy when you have a photo like yours and a book next to you is the back view of the bird and the markings on the wing.

[SuzieandFlo]

I saw a small flock of these yesterday. I had to wait a while to get a picture, which isn't that great, but the birds were very high up in a tree.
There's song Thrushes in the area but these were the first Mistles I've seen here .

[Cassillis]

Originally Posted by Picidae

It's a Mistle Thrush

(Cassilis, welcome to WAB - very easy to confuse these two - note the shape of the rounded spots on flanks, cf. to arrow shape on ST, overall greyish tones and pale rump, cf. to ST brown, and white edges to wing feathers, which are absent in ST)

Bug**r!!! Not often I'm right but I'm wrong again

Thank you for the welcome and the pointers Picidae.