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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DavidJJones" data-source="post: 1691039" data-attributes="member: 1258">This morning there was a redwing in my garden in Aldershot, NE Hampshire. It's the first time that I've recorded one here since 2004 and 2005. In those years the visits were in the second half of February, when the Ivy berries were ripe - these are nowhere near ready to eat at the moment.This afternoon I grabbed a couple of pictures of what I think is the scruffiest blackbird I've ever seen in the garden. During the winter I usual spot one visitor with white flecks in its plumage, but this one really was in desperate need of a good preen. Despite its looks it appeared quite healthy, and wasn't seen off by another male with a more usual, sleak coat of feathers!  There are pictures of it (and the redwing) in my diary entry for today.</blockquote>