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Wild Bird Guide : Song Thrush

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Song Thrush - Turdus philomelos

This neat medium - sized thrush can be seen & heard all year round across the whole of the UK

 

Identification

Adult
Smaller & browner than the Mistle Thrush this neat bird is brown above, white neatly spotted black below; with a creamy yellow wash on its breast. Its head has clear eyebrows and moustachial streaks.
Size 22 - 24 cms
Bill black, short & thin
Legs pink, medium in length
Habitat gardens, heaths, woods, fields, bushes & trees
Behaviour
perches openly, hops, walks, takes off and lands from vegetation and the grouns
Flocking 1 - 15
Flight
strong & powerful, direct
Voice
variety of repeated song phrases; chuk alarm call.

 

Breeding

Nest
trees & bushes
Eggs
4 - 6; pale blue speckled black
Incubation period 11 - 15 days
Fledgeling 12 - 16  days
Broods 2 - 3; March - August
Food
worms, snails, insects, berries
UK breeding pairs
1.1 million

 

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