This bird has been coming in my garden for about a week now and i am not 100% sure what it is. Mistle or Song Thrush, can you help please. I put it down on the birdwatch survey as a Song Thrush, now i'm not sure.
I'd say Mistle
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At first I thought Mistle Thrush but from the angle I am not 100% sure. I found a video on YouTube titled 'Know your thrushes - Song and Mistle' that might help you with identification. See
http://www.flickr.com/photos/all_things_nautical/
Hi- the view fore-shortens the bill BUT the median coverts are marked as I would expect for Mistle. Face pattern fits too
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My immediate thought was that it was a Song Thrush as the head looks brown rather than grey - but the leg colour seems to be more that of the mistle thrush as does the chest marking.
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pale circle around the eyes suggests mistle