Today we had just a glimpse of the sun and decent light at last, the first since Sunday. I was pleased to see that we were still being visited by the Redwings and Blackbirds. So with the prospect of some good photos I took my place in the comfort of the bedroom and almost immediately started taking photos. After a short while this Fieldfare appeared and posed for just a minute or two. The Redwings are very wary to say the least and at the first hint of anyone, or anything, they are off. However, Fieldfare are a significantly bigger bird and not as agile as the Redwings and therefore are always perched in a more open place. The Redwings seem to dive in to the tree and then disappear in to the depths of the foliage. It is probably a defence strategy against hawks.

I did get some nice photos of the Redwings as well but gradually the light got worse and eventually we had a spit of drizzly rain as well!

There has been lots of Blackbirds, mostly males and I am certain that they are not birds that I have seen in and around the garden before. They are very wary, just as skittish as the Redwings. As well as that, they are quite different to the birds I normally see. They have a different body shape and are dusky rather than black. The beaks are dark rather than completely yellow and they do not have a distinct eye ring in the way that our breeding population has. As they appeared and become noticeable at the same time as the Redwings then I am making the assumption that they migrated with them from Scandanavia or somewhere similar.