Roosting flocks of several thousand have occurred
BTW, Little Owl is also an ‘introduced’ species
No idea, but what a lovely shot.
Noisy little bastards. Large colony in the big tree over the road.
Dunnock
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Ah of course, many thanks 
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Dull bird lovely song
Keep the pics coming. They’re always good to see.
No shame at all in not being able to identify a bird. It happens to me a lot!
Hence the ‘warbler’ assumption.Yes, I get that, they have a lovely song.
Btw, they’re anything but dull when it comes to their reproductive habits
https://hubpages.com/animals/The-Dunnock-And-Its-Odd-Mating-Behaviour
Not a very scientific link, but it tells the story
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Interessant…what a dark and depraved world the Dunnock inhabits 
I’m about 2 years into bird photography, most common types I can identify but if I need to look up something I find that if you start with the wrong assumption it’s easy to end up in a cul de sac i.e. flicking through pages of warblers, rather than accentors. Although in slight mitigation, the Dunnock is described as having a “warbler-like thin bill”.
Once more I’m saddened to report the death of a birding legend.
Jon Hornbuckle, the World’s greatest lister. Of the circa 10,700 extant species in the World today, Jon had seen over 9,600 and was (still is!) number one in the listing stakes.
More than that though, he was a great character, full of great stories from just about every country on the planet. I was fortunate to have spent two weeks with him on a memorable birding trip to Morocco in 2006.
RIP Jon, you will be missed.
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Thanks.
Never even heard of him, but looked him up, wow.
What hidden talent and impressive people there are in this world. RIP
We have a bird sitting in the snow in our back garden that I cannot identify. I don’t have a camera good enough to capture it - it’s about 30m away.
Grey Head with black flash on the eye.
Grey wing feathers
Short, stubby yellowish beak
Breast feathers look yellowish with black speckles
White feathers underneath
Tail is medium sized(!) - proportionally like a blackbirds, if that makes sense.
Any ideas?
Possibly also a redwing but description does sound more like a field fare
That’s it! Thank you.
It’s busy eating cotoneaster berries… hopefully not toxic for Fieldfares.
First time I have seen one in our back garden 
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Put some apples out, they love them
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Done!
There is currently a massive displacement of birds due to the national white out. In particular Fieldfare, Redwing, Lapwing, Golden Plover and Common Snipe.
Many will appear in gardens due to the difficulty in finding food elsewhere
I have a good supply of mealworm and seed, so I’ll keep things topped up.
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