Key information
A familiar and popular garden songbird whose numbers have declined markedly on farmland and in towns and cities. It's smaller and browner than a mistle thrush with smaller spotting. Its habit of repeating song phrases distinguish it from singing blackbirds. It likes to eat snails which it breaks into by smashing them against a stone with a flick of the head.
What they eat:
Worms, snails and fruit.
Measurements:
- Length:
- 23cm
- Wingspan:
- 33-36cm
- Weight:
- 65-100g
Population:
- UK breeding:
- 1,200,000 territories
Identifying features:
Song thrush
