is this a Fieldfare

I would say so Eileen. I had them in my garden last month, eating the apples on the ground. Was this one about the size of a thrush?

~ agree Dawn~I hope he isn't as aggressive as one of mine was!

Did you have problems with it being bossy Arlene.

I would say so too, their grey head identifies them quite well.
Arlene, are they recognised as aggressive then ?
The group i had here, when the snow was here, weren't aggressive, the only aggressive things here are the Robins and they're awful .... dive bombing everything on the feeders, grrrr.

~ you should read one of my blogs Dawn~ he was a real pain! Louise he was very protective of the food~ I spent all day trying to make sure the other birds got some !

Sounds like you got a naughty one Arlene. It was the blackbirds that were chasing the fieldfare away - they wanted the apples to themselves.

~my blackbirds love the suet pellets and mealworms and were being chased all over the garden by Freddie Fieldfare who was quite large and very bossy~ funny that my robins are never bossy~seem particularly timid and don't have that much aggression even when there are two males there~I think we have quite a few from the same family~

yup i think so to :o)

Yes Eileen...a Fieldfare.We had them for a while at the start of all the bad weather...then they moved on.Went mad for the slices of apple we put out.The blackbirds were not impressed !! Lol If you go to our homepage the last pic we posted is one of them !

i didnt get one when the snow was here, thought i may have being near farm land, but no ;o((

thanks guys for confirming what it was . it was eating an apple i had put out but didnt seem aggressive at all

Our blackbirds got aggressive with the Fieldfares...but they stood their ground ! Lol

Well caught Eileen , we have some very knowledgeable people on here when it comes to birds ..:o)..

we sure do Amy, its great

I've never had them in my garden until this Winter Eileen - like you, it was the apples that brought them in.

Lovely bird photos Eileen you have a super selection come to visit I'm still hoping to get a picture of the group of long tailed tits that come here but they flit about so quickly and always in a group of at least five