One of my favourite things about this time of year is the presence of all the winter thrushes: Song and Mistle thrushes, Blackbirds, both local and migrants, plus the beautiful winter visitors, the Redwings and Fieldfares. They were grazing the fields at Cosmeston Lakes CP in good numbers today.
#UKBirds #UKBIrding #birding #BirdingWales #Redwing #Fieldfare

Happy Solstice and happy National Robin Day - what a brilliant combination, though, for me, every day is a Robin day!
#NationalRobinDay #Robin #UKBirds #UKBIrding #birding #BirdingWales

Though we haven't had snow in my part of south Wales, the temperatures have been below freezing long enough for rivers, lakes and Cardiff Bay to partially freeze over, and to cause some cold weather bird movement. Today's unusual visitors to the Bay included 4 Goldeneye - these are two of the females.
#UKBirding #UKBirds #BirdingWales #Birding #Goldeneye

Thrushes galore at the moment, in the trees and on the ground. This fluffed-up Mistle looks like it was feeling the cold, and the Song thrush found a couple of worms while I was watching its leaf flipping.
#UKBirds #UKBirding #Birding #BirdingWales #WinterThrushes
#Songthrush #MistleThrush