Another bird identification needed

BrianD3

Unfortunately I don't have a pic but here is a description
-slightly larger than a blackbird
-white chest with many grey/black speckles
-mostly grey back with some brown on/near wings
-mostly grey head with white stripes over the eyes
-yellow beak

The closest bird that I know of to it would be a redwing except all the redwings I've seen are smaller and much less grey.

Thanks!

BrianD3

Update, I got a photo of him and I am pretty sure it is a fieldfare. Haven't seen one of those in the garden before

Kess73

That is a lovely Fieldfare. Lucky you to get such a nice visitor to your garden.

diverdriver

Amazing, I turn to boards to identify an unusual bird and the first thread I look at has the answer. I too have a couple of Fieldfares in my garden here in Galway. I genuinely do not recall ever seeing one before. It must be something to do with the cold conditions and my crop of fallen apples.

This is the great thing about Boards. There is always someone who knows the answer.

They stand out from all the usual population of my garden, Robins, Wrens, Blackbirds, Songthrush, Sparrows, Chaffinch, Blue Finch. Regular nature reserve my garden.

gzoladz

Hi all,

I am very new to this. I had this bird visiting us today. Its size is about the one of a Robin.

What bird is this? I was thinking it could a young one but this is very unlikely due to the season we are now I believe.

The picture is not great, but hopefully good enough to identify it is.

Thanks,
Gustavo

BrianD3

That is a Dunnock. Nice pic

gzoladz

Thank you Brian3D - a new one for my list (started 3 days ago) of birds seen in my garden, all of them picured

So far:
Blue tit
Great tit
Robin
Black bird
Song thrush
Wood pigeon
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Magpie

This is actually great fun.

BrianD3

Here is another migrant vistor - a Redwing. Not rare or unusual but nice to see. Large numbers of these visiting my garden

gzoladz

That's nice. I'll keep an eye

cubix

Lads would a redwing be as big as a song thrush? if so I had a couple I think in the garden (Dublin5). IF there migrant vistors where would they normally inhabit
Thanks

jmkennedyie

yep song thrush and redwing equivalent size. Fiedfare bigger and mistle thrush bigger again. The eye stripe on redwing is another key feature if you didn't see red underwing. Note that Song Thrush (and blackbird) also migrate here.

They migrate from Northern Europe - Scandanavia, Northern Russia, Iceland.

Itsdacraic

jmkennedyie wrote: »

yep song thrush and redwing equivalent size. Fiedfare bigger and mistle thrush bigger again. The eye stripe on redwing is another key feature if you didn't see red underwing. Note that Song Thrush (and blackbird) also migrate here.

They migrate from Northern Europe - Scandanavia, Northern Russia, Iceland.

A huge flock of redwing used to land near my house every year. The field would literally be moving with them. Amazing sight.

Haven't seen them in years though.