Redwing - Turdus iliacus
Our smallest thrush, it is a common winter visitor. The pale stripe over the eye and the red patch on its flanks help to identify this bird.
It is mainly seen in the countryside, in fields and hedgerows, usually in sizeable flocks and often mixed together with Fieldfares. It occasionally visits gardens if the weather is particularly harsh.
October to March
It eats berries and worms.
Common and widespread in Britain
It is a common winter sight in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Jonesboy1
Broughton Astley
09 January 2010
Roberto52
B Astley garden
02 January 2012
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
06 December 2012
David Nicholls
Thornton Reservoir
04 March 2005
Rod Baker
Rutland Water
30 November 2012
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Species profile
- Common names
- Redwing
- Species group:
- Birds
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Passeriformes
- Family:
- Turdidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 579
- First record:
- 04/03/2005 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 28/02/2024 (Carter, Robert)
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c butterfield
Sileby garden
13 December 2014
David Nicholls
Watermead Country Park
30 September 2009
Jean
Broughton Astley
14 January 2012
Rod Baker
Rutland Water
30 November 2012
Rod Baker
Rutland Water
01 December 2012
