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Bird ID please

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
edited April 2021 in Wildlife gardening
My daughter  would like to know what this  bird is. Not the sparrow!
Do you think it's a thrush?
Thanks
In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    Possibly a thrush. I think it may be a young male black bird
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited April 2021
    Yes those are the two options we think🤔
    According to her it was standing around looking dopey if that's any help😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited April 2021
    I think that's a female blackbird ... some of them have quite russet-flecked breasts. 

    https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/identify-this/33518/female-blackbird-red-orange-breast?pifragment-4285=1


    It would be very early for a young blackbird to be in that intermediate plumage. ... normally seen late summer/autumn.



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





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I'll  tell her  thanks. Seems more likely for central  London  anyway 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Blackbirds like thick laurel hedges to nest in ... if she's skulking around the place there may be a nest nearby.  A bird bath (large plant sauce/upturned dustbin lid) with some fresh water in is always greatly appreciated by nesting blackbirds at this time of year when they need to freshen up after a long stint of brooding the eggs.  Ours use the birdbath in our garden several times a day when the females comes off the nests. 

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





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I agree with the female Blackbird.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I'll tell her about the bird bath. She has plenty of junk in the garden she could put to use. Thanks everyone
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    It may be a juvenile Blackbird as the tail has not fully grown yet. They leave the nest still with their short tails.
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