Birding Notebook 2

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Birding Notebook 2


Image by Steve_C
Page 2 & 3 of my first ever birding notebook. Uploaded for discussion in www.flickr.com/groups/birdchat/

Song Thrush Nest 14.04.12


Image by nottsexminer
Small all blue egg with the faintest of the odd tiny spot

Latin name
Turdus philomelos

Family
Chats and thrushes (Turdidae)

Overview
A familiar and popular garden songbird whose numbers are declining seriously, especially on farmland making it a Red List species. Smaller and browner than a mistle thrush with smaller spotting. Its habit of repeating song phrases distinguish it from singing blackbirds. It likes to eat snails which it breaks into by smashing them against a stone with a flick of the head.

Where to see them
Woods, hedgerows, parks and gardens across the UK – wherever there are bushes and trees.

When to see them
All year round.

What they eat
Worms, snails and fruit.

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