Does anyone know what bird this is

Question

Freezing conditions here at the moment so have fed pieces of apple to the garden birds as well as usual feeder nuts etc 
 A bird I have never seen before has turned up this mornign about the size of a blackbird or slightly larger but it;s wings droop more it has a grey head with dark around it's eyes and small light bib, brown wings and shoulders, with grey patches above and below the black tail, the breast has a ligher bit down the middle with darker at the sides. It has been eating the apple pieces 
 I do have a (not very brilliant) picture as I cannot get close to it. The eyes appear white but I think that is just the picture. 
 I thought it was a strange coloured blackbird at first but the markings are exactly matching each side normally th strange blackbirds I have seen the white or grey marks are patchy. 
 It is very belligerent towards all the other birds and drives them away 
 
 Any clues welcome please

Buzzard · Accepted Answer

Welcome to the forum forestpony, 
 the bird in your photo looks like a feildfare. 
 http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/f/Fieldfare/index.aspx 
 The above link will give you some information. 
 Regards Buzzard

Colin Wilkinson · Answer

Hi there - your visitor is a fieldfare, a regular winter visitor and member of the thrush family like blackbirds and song thrushes. In winter you tend to see these in big flocks in the hedgerows and fields but in this hard weather they move into gardens more frequently. To find out more have a look at 
 http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/f/fieldfare/index.aspx

Cuddicat · Answer

I think this is a fieldfare too. I saw him on the lawn a few days ago and couldn't figure out who he was. I've been watching for him ever since and this morning he came to feed on the rosehips.