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Songthrush

Song thrush,  Turdus philomelos. 

A familiar and popular garden songbird whose numbers are declining seriously, especially on farmland making it a Red List species. Smaller and browner than a mistle thrush with smaller spotting. Its habit of repeating song phrases distinguish it from singing blackbirds. It likes to eat snails which it breaks into by smashing them against a stone with a flick of the head. Seen all year round. Eats worms, snails and fruit.
Photo: © Neil Cheesman