Id Bird in the bird bath - taken on 19 Nov 23, Church Crookham, GU52 0YA (1 Viewer)

[Jamkat]

Hi,

This bird took a fancy to my bird bath. From investigations, it looks like either a juvenile blackbird or song thrush?

Can anybody verify that please or suggest alternative?

Thanks

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Juvenile Blackbird it is.

 

[ApusApus]

Not sure you can determine it's a juvenile from these photos!



Shane

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Should have said juvenile or female. Sorry

 

[Farnboro John]

With a yellow bill isn't it an old female?

John

 

[Butty]

At a guess, all (or very nearly so?) blackbirds hatched this year in UK would have moulted out of juvenile plumage by mid-November - so there would be no juveniles around anyway. But, as noted above, the yellow bill at this date makes it 2nd-year or older - female. Song thrush always has much more boldly and contrastingly-spotted underparts than this.

 

[Jamkat]

At a guess, all (or very nearly so?) blackbirds hatched this year in UK would have moulted out of juvenile plumage by mid-November - so there would be no juveniles around anyway. But, as noted above, the yellow bill at this date makes it 2nd-year or older - female. Song thrush always has much more boldly and contrastingly-spotted underparts than this.

Thanks Butty for that helpful reply.