Redwing (Turdus iliacus) in December - (Published by GETTY IMAGES)

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This photograph was taken at an altitude of Fifty seven metres at 14:34pm on a cold and wintry afternoon, on December 13th 2022, and a temperature of -1 degrees, off Chessington Avenue in Bexleyheath, Kent. Here we see a Redwing(Turdus iliacus), the smallest of the Thrush family and protected under the Wildlife and countryside Act 1981 with a current status of Red.

 

 

They rarely visit gardens unless snow is on the ground, and there are only a few nesting pairs in the UK, mainly in Scotland. They migrate to the UK from the Scandinavian coast, Russia, the Faroes and Iceland, and can detect berries using Ultra violet vision.They stay in the UK from October to April.

 

 

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LATITUDE: N 51d 28m 28.10s

LONGITUDE: E 0d 8m 10.70s

ALTITUDE: 57.0m

 

 

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