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fsphil · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:45 am Post subject:

Ha! My little niece spotted them before me. Two red wings in the holly bush right in front of my house...

Red wing, we meet at last!
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fsphil · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:01 pm Post subject:

I was in the local forest park today and the place was full of Redwings! There where coming at me from all directions - and surprisingly tame. Here's a few shaky videos I got while I was up there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQisKL2Z0kQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOja5gCdYXQ

Kit · Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 2547 Location: Nottingham

Those two redwings were really going for it, weren't they! My two seemed quite happy to rub along together, although I suppose the furious fights are much more typical of thrush behaviour.

roditweet · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:48 am Post subject: Redwings and Fieldfares

late October 2006 !! Large flocks of both together ... arrived in this area... NW end of Kyle of Sutherland ... I watched them for 2 days eating every Rowan berry in sight ....... the Rowan trees had been laden with fruit ... not a berry to be seen ... after they left ... Had good close views of the birds .. flying from tree to tree .... first time views of so many ..... have not been here in such lge numbers since then (now April 1st 2011)..... no ... this is not an April Fools Day trick !!! )