About the size of a blackbird ( maybe a little bigger) with matt mid grey feathers and a darker grey around its eyes. It definitely wasn’t a Pigeon, Dove or Jackdaw. This was late January and it was trying to eat blueberries off the ground.
Hi Annie, did it look anything like this bird in the photo ? This bird is a winter thrush visitor (Oct-April) and called a Fieldfare.
Hi Annie , I’ve just joined the community as I’d seen your post whilst trying to identity a bird I saw near Nottingham yesterday , I think it sounds like yours. I’ got a photo as my husband was driving , it’s not great but if it is I’d love to know what it was .