I plan on doing some little posts highlighting a seasonal
creature that has captured my attention, but also one that you can get out and
see too!
The first to take the honour is…….. the Redwing! I remember
the first time I saw a redwing. It was about 6/7 years ago in an inner city
supermarket car park. Not the most promising of wildlife locations I grant you
and it was a complete fluke that I saw them, but they were there for a very
good reason. Berries. They love them and supermarkets tend to plant berry-bearing trees and shrubs
in their car parks to brighten them up. They are winter visitors to the UK and will venture into
towns and cities more when there is cold, frost and snowy weather to find food.
Redwing are members of the thrush family, and at first they look a lot like
your garden song thrush but are smaller, with the additions of a natty cream eye
stripe and a small orangey-red patch just under the wing. Yep, its one of those
helpfully named birds that describe itself.
A small flock has been hanging around my local park for the
past few weeks, so I went off in search of a photo opportunity. The extremely
icy conditions and cold temperatures weren’t the best for wildlife photography,
but I managed to get a few nice shots.
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