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What is this?

Hi all

New visitor to the garden today and can't work out what it is? Any ideas? Terrible picture as nap trapped by baby on sofa. Seemed to have a little bit of red on the side of it's belly and pretty sure it was the same bird

Thanks in advance 

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  • Linda257
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    • 26 Jan 2023 4:29 PM

    It's a Redwing...one of our winter visitors from Scandinavia ;-)

    You can read more about them in link below

    https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/redwing/

    (Pardon the Scottish Accent)

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  • CharCT
    CharCT
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    • 26 Jan 2023 5:09 PM
    Amazing, thanks so much
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