It is good to see them so regularly in the park, since both mistle and
song thrush numbers have been declining in recent years.
Now the curlew, nightingale,
song thrush and turtle dove are all endangered species - are among 67 out of a total of 247 species at risk.
Now the curlew, nightingale,
song thrush and turtle dove are all endangered species -- and are among 67 out of a total of 247 species at risk.
Bird 'egging' was rife even then but because the blackbird and
song thrush were so common this practice did not seriously affect their numbers.
They are flying in along with their larger cousins, the fieldfares, plus migrating
song thrushes and blackbirds.
Yet in recent days there have been
song thrushes sharing this feeding space, seeking out the same food but not engendering the same degree of jealousy.
Few songs are so beautiful as that of the
song thrush, with seemingly no end to the variety of phrases in its repertoire.
Try hanging plastic feeders filled with sunflower hearts to attract finches, tits, sparrows, starlings,
song thrush and robins, mesh feeders with peanuts for tits and hanging mesh feeders containing fat balls for tits and sparrows.
Among them grey heron and little egret, great black-backed gull and black-headed gull, great spotted woodpecker, blackcap and whitethroat,
song thrush and mistle thrush, and yellowhammer and reed bunting.
The most targeted bird was chaffinch followed by the blackcap, the common quail and
song thrush, the report added.
The starling and the
song thrush have both fallen down the pecKing order in the RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch.
Mistle Thrushes are the greyer-backed, bigger cousin of the familiar
Song Thrush, with blotchier spots on the breast.