British Birds

[chrisd119]

I have had 2 brief visits from a juvenile bird that loos like a thrush but has a red breast. It has some fluffy feathers and is the size of an adult thrush, unfortunately I have not been able to take a photo as it doesn't stay long. Does anyone have an idea of what it could be please?

[Johnny81]

Could be a redwing Turdus iliacus, the adult has red flanks.

[cosmicma]

if it looks like this one it's be a redwing



thats the first sighting of a redwing for me and i wasn't sure what species it was when i first saw it

[Johnny81]

Yup a redwing one of our winter migrants.

[glsammy]

Over the past few days I've seen hundreds of them. Either by the road side or feeding off berry bushes edging main roads.

[aeshna5]

I suspect most likely a Redwing as these are abundant currently though the breast isn't red; the red is on the flanks + underwing coverts. If the red is on the breast + it is thrush sized it could be a major rarity- an American Robin! Please look at it carefully.

[Jonners]

Or... a female/young blackbird can often look fairly reddish brown on their breast. I've seen a couple lately that look really quite reddy-brown, especially plumped up in this cold weather .