Tuesday 23 November 2010

Song Thrush


Song Thrush .......Turdus philomelos
I went out hoping to find a Marsh Tit or two. Unfortunately they were absent along with the Coal Tits.
Still all was not lost as the Song Thrush was a new visitor to the Hard Rock Cafe.

8 comments:

  1. Always a welcome visitor. Not as common as they once were.

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  2. What an image. This may sound dumb but is there an easy way to differentiate between a Song Thrush and a Mistle Thrush?

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  3. A beautiful bird the Song Thrush. Like Keith says, there aren't as many as they were.

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  4. He's beautiful Trevor, well composed and perfect light! Happy Holidays, Linda

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  5. Hello Keith.
    I am sure that applies to a number of our birds...Skylarks Sparrows Etc. New farming methods,woodland clearing and all soughts of modern factors are responsible for the decline of a lot of our birds.

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  6. Hi Adrian.
    Not easy until you have seen a few.
    The Mistle Thrush is larger....not much help really.
    The grey brown upperparts are probably the best way along with rounded spots rather than the arrowheads of the Song Thrush.

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  7. Thanks Bob.

    One of the bird watchers favourite birds I am told.

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  8. Thanks Linda for the nice comment.
    Greetings and best wishes from the UK.

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