song thrush

Lets hope he keeps coming now he knows where the food is , we have one they are lovely to see .......

Great pic

Thanks Amy & Hollyeves

Good photo Suey.You must have been quite close or did you have a telescopic lens?

Very handsome, haven't seen one in our garden for years:-(

Thanks Feverfew,I took yhe photo through the window,using the zoom on my camera.
The thrush came for about a week,Bornagain.I haven't seen one for years either.I feel very lucky.:0)

Years ago, in my old garden, we had lots of thrushes and my lovely old next door neighbour told me that there used to be massive flocks of linnets before my time, but I've never seen linnets:-)

I have never seen Linnets either,just looked them up in my bird book,they look a bit like sparrows,but have a pinky colour on their heads,when they are young.

I believe people would capture them and breed them with canaries, possibly to improve their song. That old music hall song 'My old mansaid follow the van' mentions her old cock linnet. I'm going to google to see why their numbers have dropped so drastically. I used to have tree sparrows here, but haven't seen one for years. Lots of house sparrows and dunnocks, but the tree sparrows were lovely:-)

I think i get tree sparrows here,will have to check my bird book.:O)

They're the ones with the jaunty little brown skull caps, both male and female wear them:-)

what an excellent close up. we only get these in winter snow

This was the first one i had seen in years Paul.He came for about a week,not seen him since.:O)

shame but well captured

thanks Paul :O)