Redwings & Fieldfares!
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Several hundred ground-feeding Red-winged Blackbirds made a crowded landing zone for this flyover Redwing.
Redwing - Turdus lliacus
The redwing is most commonly encountered as a winter bird and is the UK's smallest true thrush. Its creamy strip above the eye and orange-red flank patches make it distinctive.
They roam across the UK's countryside, feeding in fields and hedgerows, rarely visiting gardens, except in the coldest weather when snow covers the fields. Only a few pairs nest in the UK. It is listed as a Schedule 1 species of The Wildlife and Countryside Act.
It breeds in northern regions of Europe and Asia, from Iceland south to northernmost Scotland, and east through Scandinavia, the Baltic States, northern Poland and Belarus, and through most of Russia.
Migrating and wintering birds often form loose flocks of 10 to 200 or more birds, often feeding together with fieldfares, common blackbirds, and starlings, sometimes also with mistle thrushes, song thrushes, and ring ouzels. Unlike the song thrush, the more nomadic redwing does not tend to return regularly to the same wintering areas.
Population:
UK breeding:
13 pairs
UK wintering:
8.6 million birds
Winter thrushes really piling in now but I find them difficult to photograph as they are very flighty when they just arrive
Finally, Spring in southeast Michigan ! When the Red-winged Blackbirds sing in the marsh, and the sun is brightly shining, we know it is really Spring!
Photographed at Lake St. Clair Metropark, Michigan
One of numerous redwings seen yesterday at the top of the Cotswold escarpment. This was taken from some distance away as the birds were very skittish and easily spooked.
My first, very cropped shot of a Redwing for this year. We have loads and the Fieldfares are starting to pile in as well. They don't sit still though and are difficult to get close to.
Redwings come from north Europa
They pass near to my home 2 times every years, usually in november and end of february.
This year I can see them at the beginning of january.
Very Strange.
I did this photo from far away as they are very very difficult to approach, so this is a cropped view
David Smith did the same analysis at the same time :)
You can take a look to his wonderful redwing photo here :
www.flickr.com/photos/131918873@N03/51815597372/in/datepo...
Les grives mauvis viennent du nord de l'Europe
Ils passent près de chez moi 2 fois par an, généralement en novembre et fin février.
Cette année, je peux les voir début janvier.
Très étrange.
J'ai fait cette photo de loin car ils sont très très difficiles à approcher, donc c'est une vue recadrée
David Smith a fait la même analyse en même temps :)
Vous pouvez jeter un oeil à sa magnifique photo de grive mauvis ici:
www.flickr.com/photos/131918873@N03/51815597372/in/datepo...
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More redwing photos
Redwing come from north Europe
They pass near to my home in winter
Now I can see them in the backyard
(100% cropped view - distance 15m)
D'autres photos de grives Mauvis
Les grives Mauvis viennent du nord de l'Europe
Elles passent près de chez moi en hiver
Maintenant je peux les voir dans le jardin
(vue 100% recadrée - distance 15m)
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There is an ongoing huge influx of these into Central Scotland today. This is a photo from a couple of years back. Hopefully some will settle for some shots in the next few days.
An attractive visitor was messing up in the garden most part of Sunday looking for worms and fallen berries from a neighbour’s shrub. The redwing (Turdus iliacus) is a winter visitor from northern part of Europe and Russia, and is the UK's smallest true thrush. There are 8.6 million wintering but only 13 breeding pairs in the UK and it has red conservation status according to RSPB. Bath, BANES, England UK
Taken in our yard. These are very ornery birds. Chasing off all the good birds and eating all the bird seed. Very hard to get rid off.
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We've had a couple of rare visitors to the garden this week during the cold snap. A Greater Spotted Woodpecker and this Redwing.
Taken through the double glazing.
The colourful Redwing is most commonly encountered as a winter visitor and is the UK's smallest true thrush. Its creamy strip above the eye and orange-red flank patches make it distinctive.
They roam across the UK's countryside, feeding in fields and hedgerows, rarely visiting gardens, except in the coldest weather when snow covers the fields. Only a few pairs nest in the UK. This bird was seen today in woodland where plentiful supplies of red berries were nearby.
Red-winged Blackbirds are very aggressive in the Spring. I have seen them attack large birds such as Canada Geese and Sandhill Cranes. I have been buzzed by them too, warning me not to approach their nests.
This Redwing, having staked his claim to territory, hunched forward, lifted his wings, spread his tail feathers and trilled loudly. He was warning another male that 100 feet away was a little too close. He swooped at the interloper who flew off, only to return a few minutes later to start the drama over again, and again.