Overview

Family - Chats and thrushes (Turdidae).

Fieldfares are large, colourful thrushes, much like a mistle thrush in general size, shape and behaviour. They stand very upright and move forward with purposeful hops. They are very social birds, spending the winter in flocks of anything from a dozen or two to several hundred strong. These straggling, chuckling flocks that roam the UK's countryside are a delightful and attractive part of the winter scene.

Comment

These fieldfares were photographed in late January 2010 feeding on sea buckthorn which grows abundantly on the dunes near Berrow.