Another Thrush

A rare visitor to our garden. A Mistle Thrush, so named for its love of Mistletoe berries.

 Thanks to Nick at Derbyshire Wildlife Trust for identifying these photos of our bird.

In from the cold

Hundreds of bird enthusiasts have descended on Beeley to catch a glimpse of a rare bird.

The Dusky Thrush breeds in Central Siberia, and has been seen in Britain only a dozen time before. The Thrush would normally fly South from Siberia in the Autumn, but, it's believed, that strong Easterly winds blew the bird to the West rather than to the South.