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a bird id

berardeberarde Posts: 147
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This one has started coming to the feeders and I don't know what it is. I'd say inbetween starling and blackbird size and we are in a village near to York surrounded by arable farming and many trees in the village.
Quite a perky little fellow


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  • arneilarneil Posts: 313
    Female blackbird ?
  • berardeberarde Posts: 147
    Thank you, It's a poor photo on a dull , rainy day in the shade, so not so clear

    Seeing him/her live I thought he looked more streamlined with a longer bill  without any orange on it, and the creamy brown edging to the wings stands out more and the tail is quite short
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    As you say, not the clearest pic … but I’d say that looks like a juvenile starling 




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





  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    I'd go with juvenile blackbird.  We've a whole family frequenting our feeders, but I'd agree with Dove that it's starling like.
  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    Definitely juvenile starling, I have loads. If it's constantly shrieking and bickering at other starlings that will confirm it  :D
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Not a blackbird. I'd agree it's more likely to be a juvenile starling. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Starling, doesn’t look like a 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
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    It's a starling.
  • RedwingRedwing Posts: 1,511
    Juvenile Starling.
    Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Definitely not a juvenile blackbird …they’re a much more reddish brown and speckled almost all over 
    https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/blackbird/young-and-white-blackbirds/

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





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