Song Thrush
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 & Feeding
- Nest
- Trees & bushes
- Eggs
- 4 - 6; pale blue speckled black
- Incubation Period
- 11 - 15 days
- Broods
- 2 - 3; March - August
- Food
- Worms, snails, insects, berries
- UK Breeding Pairs
- 1.1 million
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