Our garden birds - Harsh winter weather can spell doom

[Lightning Rod]

Good pic considering, any idea on what bird would look like a giant robin, about trush sized with a red breast, only caught a glimpse of this robinzilla.

Was it this by any chance?



Redwing

[beanie]

If it is an American Robin you better cordon off your back yard as you might have hundreds of twitchers arriving

Just googled twitchers, and I'm now sure its not an american robin.

[spidermom]

We had three fieldfare in the garden for most of the day...seen them before..on the slobs in wexford....they do migrate to the UK and Ireland during the winter...but have never seen them here in DSW before!!...

Fieldfare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[beanie]

Was it this by any chance?

Redwing

Really didn't see this lad properly, the breast was red but too big tomorrow. I'll know more tomorrow

[flavirostris]

Really didn't see this lad properly, the breast was red but too big tomorrow. I'll know more tomorrow

it wasn't this chap?

[zippo222]

This evening I had a fieldfare eating one of the apples I'd put for the blackbirds. First time I've ever seen one.

The Critter is here. Excuse the poor pic, it was taken from upstairs and the light was low.

I've one here for the past few days too Baron. Eating apples that I broke up and cotoneaster berries. First time I've had one in over 30 years of feeding birds in the garden. Got a couple of photos of it but don't know how to put them up here.

[spidermom]

I've one here for the past few days too Baron. Eating apples that I broke up and cotoneaster berries. First time I've had one in over 30 years of feeding birds in the garden. Got a couple of photos of it but don't know how to put them up here.

Didn't see Biffo earlier post....we had 3 today....have seen them in the bird sanctuary in Wexford before...but never here in DSW....

Re the cotoneaster...I have 3 in the garden.....2 evergreen and 1 decidious...all the birds adore the berries from the decidious...and aren't that pushed at all with the evergreen(???)

[Baron von Biffo]

I've one here for the past few days too Baron. Eating apples that I broke up and cotoneaster berries. First time I've had one in over 30 years of feeding birds in the garden. Got a couple of photos of it but don't know how to put them up here.

Hi Zippo222, If you upload the pics to a sharing site like Tinypic you can post a link here.

[toxic avenger]

The cotoneaster berries are usually among the last to go in my garden (holly always goes first), perhaps only the firethorn lasts longer. The birds eating the cotoneaster berries will be pretty hungry.

[zippo222]

Didn't see Biffo earlier post....we had 3 today....have seen them in the bird sanctuary in Wexford before...but never here in DSW....

Re the cotoneaster...I have 3 in the garden.....2 evergreen and 1 decidious...all the birds adore the berries from the decidious...and aren't that pushed at all with the evergreen(???)

I've been feeding the birds in the same place outside the kitchen window for years. Planted the cotoneaster at the food station about twenty years ago especially for the blackbirds and thrushes to feed on. Didn't know this was called a fieldfare until I saw the Baron's pic. Had it down as the thrush family though. It's mostly goldfinches I've been inundated with the last few years. About 120 to 150 of them at the moment.

(I'd no apples today so I put out a half tin of peaches of the fieldfare. Seemed satisfied enough with it. )