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Redwing

We get two different races of Redwing wintering in Britain and this is the nominate race iliacus that breeds in Scandinavia. This race is a slightly paler brown colour with sparse spotting on the flanks and pale pink legs. The race coburni from Iceland is a darker brown overall, with heavily-marked flanks and darker pink legs. It also shows a narrower moustache but they vary and it isn't always easy to assign a wintering bird to race. Ringing has shown that Icelandic birds tend to winter in the west of Britain whereas nominate birds winter throughout. Here's an obvious, dark coburni with heavily-marked underparts and a narrow moustache (taken in Iceland) for comparison, but coburni aren't always as obvious as this: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/7171482499/in/photolist

This bird was feeding on recently excavated molehills when the rest of the ground was frozen. It was taken in Lancashire.

Taken on: January 8, 2025

Tags:

Turdus

iliacus

Lancashire

Tim Melling « less

Sets appears in: • British Birds

Stats: 1,581 views / 16 comments

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