Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris
Slightly bigger than a blackbird with a characteristic blue-grey head, chestnut back and mottled breast. Fieldfares can form large single or mixed flocks often with redwings.
Habitat: look for fieldfares in open fields, orchards and along hedgerows. In hard winters they may come into gardens.
Distribution: a winter visitor for most of the UK except for North West Scotland.
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Fieldfare showing the characteristic blue-grey head. (Laurie Campbell/WTML)
Not to be confused with
Mistle thrush
Mistle thrush has a mottled breast, with white and brown markings on the cheek. (Amy Lewis/WTML)
Song thrush
Song thrush has a pattern of upward facing arrows on the breast. (Amy Lewis/WTML)
