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Spotting

Description:

A mostly brown bird, a little bigger than a blackbird, with a few white feathers at the top of the tail.

Habitat:

This bird appeared at a feed station in my garden which backs onto a Norfolk farm. There is also a small deciduous woodland close by.

Notes:

It seemed lighter in colour than a female blackbird and was slightly larger. It can be seen on a suet block with a blackbird, and although the blackbird is closer to the camera, this unknown bird looks larger.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Common Blackbird
Turdus merula Common Blackbird


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2 Comments

SusanJesudason
SusanJesudason 10 years ago

Hi Faredin, I am not convinced that this is a female blackbird because it was about 2 inches larger than the blackbirds in the garden, and it had a small but distinctive white patch on its rump. Is such variation usual in blackbirds? Also, the blackbirds in our garden tend to stay around all day whereas this bird stayed for a few minutes then left, so it did not appear to be "one of the family".

ManishKhanna
ManishKhanna 10 years ago

beautiful bird & nice pose

SusanJesudason
Spotted by
SusanJesudason

Broadland District, England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Feb 16, 2014
Submitted on Feb 16, 2014

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