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Fieldfares in an oak tree

Fieldfares in an oak tree

Two of a group of ten or so fieldfares, resting high in an oak tree.

Fieldfares are so-called “winter thrushes”, birds which breed in Scandinavia, and migrate south to the relative warmth of wintry Britain.

Fieldfares and redwings can be seen in flocks, often with both species in the same, mixed flock. The other winter thrush species arriving in large number is blackbirds.