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Bird ID

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
in Wildlife gardening
I've just seen a bird perched at the top of a sycamore .
It looked just like a very large siskin. It was bigger than a starling but smaller than a jay.  Its beak was pointy. Breast was mottled in a stripey way. It had horizontal stripes on its head, they may have been yellowish and brown, but it could've been the sun
In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Redwing or fieldfare?
       🎄 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Will Google. Thanks @Dovefromabove. Didn't 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I think it was a redwing. Thanks again @Dovefromabove
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    😊 👍 got any berries in your garden?  That’s what they’re after. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Not many left now. 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Have a look at mistle thrushes too as they tend to make a habit of sitting on tops of trees. A lot of the thrushes are superficially similar though.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The breast markings weren't round spots. They were more like flecks. I'm pretty sure it was a redwing. 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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