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The song thrush is a bird which has declinred in numbers in the UK and has become red listed.
The RSPB attributes this to - The decline in song thrush numbers has probably been caused by the loss and degradation of preferred feeding and nesting habitats.
Loss of hedgerows and wet ditches removed feeding and nesting sites, while increased land drainage and tillage are likely to have reduced the number of earthworms and other crucial invertebrate prey available to song thrushes on farmland.
Grazed permanent pasture (especially cow pastures) and woodland are important habitats with plenty of food for song thrushes. Both of these have been lost or degraded in many lowland areas.
Fortunately in Argyll the song thrush still thrives in good numbers.
This little beauty was happily foraging in the the hedgerow.
Song Thrush - Turdus Philomelos
Ganavan - Scotland
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Springwatch 2024 offering up my little 'Phoretic organism'. Probably a Common Tree Chernes.
Well chuffed :@)
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Phoresis or phoresy is a temporary commensalistic relationship when a phoretic organism attaches itself to a host solely for the purpose of travel.
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