Tuesday Tweet - Redwing

Redwings can be seen over the winter months @reddings_retreat_tintern but can be hard to identify due to their likeness to Song Thrushes. Birds & other wildlife spotted at Reddings Retreat can be viewed on our website: https://reddings-retreat-tintern.webador.co.uk/

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Photos Merlin Bird Identification app

Red Wing AKA winter thrush

Description: Rather small, attractive thrush with bold whitish eyebrows, a variable orangey patch on each flank, and a yellow bill base. Shows rusty-orange underwings in flight. Breeds in wooded and forested habitats, especially with birch; in winter found mainly in open woodland, farmland with hedges, orchards, and parkland. Often in flocks, sometimes mixed with Fieldfares and other thrushes, feeding out in fields or in fruiting trees. Redwings come in search of berries. Rich and lovely song is a series of burbling trills and whistles. Calls include a high buzzing “tseer” and short rattled phrases.

Fact: It is estimated that around 700,000 Redwings winter in the UK, although numbers can fluctuate sharply between years. L

Source: Merlin Bird Identification App

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