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fieldfare

a large Old World thrush, Turdus pilaris, having a pale grey head and rump, brown wings and back, and a blackish tail
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The most spotted birds were fieldfares and starlings, which were seen by nearly 40% of the farmers that took part.
Farmers encouraged to join bird watchers
Some of these flocks may have been another cousin, the fieldfare. This is a larger bird with chestnutbrown back and yellow breast streaked with black, a black tail, dark wings and a pale grey head and rump.
Redwings flock here for a taste of juicy berries; NOW THRUSHES GET READY TO FLY OFF AFTER SPENDING WINTER IN NORTH WEST
Of these Scandinavian thrushes, the larger fieldfares are comparable in both size and nature with our mistle thrushes but with grey heads and grey rumps, whilst the smaller redwings are about the same size as our song thrushes.
With Keith Graham
Fieldfares are bigger and have a grey head and rump.
Winter of content as migrating birds light up our gardens
| THERE are lots of extra visitors in the garden - redwings and fieldfares en route from their Nordic and Arctic homes to winter feeding grounds, true birds of passage.
Opening time for Iris; diary
Meanwhile, the RSPB said species that spend the winter here are still behaving as if it is winter, with waxwings, fieldfares and redwings still in the countryside in large numbers and showing little signs of heading north.
Rare birds killed in prolonged period of cold weather; & UK WORLD
Fieldfares, one of the winter visitors from northern Europe have already been seen in Norfolk.
bird NOTES WITH ROBIN SANDHAM
I had no idea what it was but then, luckily, I saw a Tweet - no, honestly - from BBC Tees' Bob Fischer which mentioned fieldfares. I rushed to look one up and, hey presto, riddle solved.
Feathers ruffled by first fieldfare sighting
I was on Holy Island at daybreak in autumn last year and I saw many thousands of migrating starlings, redwings and fieldfares coming out of the darkness straight from the sea and heading inland.
Turbine figures are misleading; Views of the North Views of the North
The redwings dropped in only last week to join the immigrant fieldfares.
Weather made this year one to forget in a hurry; gamekeeper's diary
Redwings and Fieldfares were still around this week - they are heading north to breed in Iceland and Scandinavia.
bird NOTES WITH ROBIN SANDHAM
There were fieldfares, redwings and blackbirds among a flock of about 50 to 60 birds." R
An eye for the birds; YOUR pictures
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