Redwing

[Humakt]

Had a first yesterday - first time I'd seen a redwing!
I was really pleased to have seen one.
Managed to get a couple of pictures before it flew off. Sorry about being slightly out of focus, they were taken on a mobile...

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[saxonaxe]

Nice photos, eye stripe shows well. Strangely the best place to see them locally (If you're lucky) is on our local Golf course. There's an area which is a sun trap and the ground stays soft when the frosts come. I've seen them there in the past, but not often.

[Valantine]

Pic's are more than good enough for a positive ID T^

[Ashley Cawley]

Great photos considering you were using a mobile! :o

Pretty sure we had a flock of redwing chattering away near to our camp this morning, a flock flew in from a nearby field high up into the top of a big Beech tree, constant chattering from them all talking... I didn't recognise the calls to be honest and the shear continuous nature of it, I suppose just due to the large number of them (probably around 50-100). Tony & Neil/Chubbs were still in bed at this point! - Oh well, we were up till 2am. :rolleye:

On the way out of the farm I could see large numbers of what I think were Redwing flying for the hedges taking cover, they could have been Fieldfare I suppose (couldn't look to closely whilst driving) but the calls heard earlier in the morn make me think redwing.