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Thrush Family

Blackbird (Turdus merula)

The blackbird is a woodland bird but is very much at home in our gardens. It makes a mess foraging through grass cuttings, leaves and woodchippings looking for food.

Feeding:-
 Earthworms, caterpillars, snails, insects, berries, fruit and scraps from the bird table. Will also take tadpoles and small fish from ponds

Male

Nest:-
Sturdy nest of dry vegetation and mud sited in hedges or bushes.

These three images of an acrobatic male blackbird feeding from a fat and seed filled flowerpot, more suited for bluetits, by kind courtesy of Rick Westwood

Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)

The Song Thrush can often be heard smashing snails against stones or any hard surface, when not singing its beautiful song high on a tree or post. One of the best ways of attracting thrushes to your garden is by not using slug pellets.

 This bird is on the red List

Nest:-
Cup shaped nest from grass, leaves, roots and twigs, lined with wood chips, mud ad dung mixed with saliva. Often sited in young spruce trees or other thick foliage such as ivy.

Feeding:-
Snails, worms, insects, berries and fruit. Prefers to eat scraps from the ground such as fruit and fat rather than the bird table.

Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

 This bird is on the amber List

The Mistle thrush is so named because it feeds on mistletoe. It is larger and not as pretty as the Song thrush

Feeding:-
 Worms, snails,insects, berries and fruit. Scraps, bread and apples from the bird table.

Nest:-
Made of grass, roots, twigs and earth and usually sited in tree fork..

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email: pete@wildforms.co.uk Telephone: 01776 870453