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Is this a song thrush?

MoklesMokles Posts: 30
in Wildlife gardening
This bird is in our small garden and isn't the least bit timid. It's allowed me to take photos. We've seen it a couple of times now and hardly dare hope that it's a thrush, having read that they're solitary and not timid when living in gardens it seems as though it could be... :o
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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    It looks like a thrush, but whether its a song thrush or a mistle thrush, no idea.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It is a thrush but I'd say it's a juvenile blackbird.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I thought young blackbird as well.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    I's agree with @wild edges and say a young blackbird as they have that colouration (so do some females.)   It still has a bit of a hook shape to the beak, so definitely a young thrush of some variety.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    For comparison this is a definite juvenile blackbird that used to help me in the garden last year. Very thrushy at that age.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Yes ... juvenile blackbird. 😊 

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





  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    Another vote for juvenile blackbird.
    I have had several in the garden over he past few days!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • MoklesMokles Posts: 30
    Thank you all. I'm a little disappointed that it's not a thrush but still delighted that I could get so close to it. :)
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Mokles said:
    Thank you all. I'm a little disappointed that it's not a thrush but still delighted that I could get so close to it. :)
    It's still a thrush. Just not a song thrush. :)

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • MoklesMokles Posts: 30
    Ah. I didn't realise that the blackbird is a thrush. You learn something new everyday. :)
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