Black and white thrush

[Chobulous]

Walking the dog in Ightenhill Park this afternoon, spotted a black and white thrush like bird about the size of a blackbird. Dark plumage on its back and head. Light coloured throat and breast with dark spots. I thought maybe a mistle thrush at fieldfare. Never seen one like it before. Too quick to get a picture.

[Rowls]

Woodpecker is right size and colour.

[Red Fox Rocks Socks]

Whenever I’ve seen thrush it’s always been red and spotty

[Bosscat]

Walking the dog in Ightenhill Park this afternoon, spotted a black and white thrush like bird about the size of a blackbird. Dark plumage on its back and head. Light coloured throat and breast with dark spots. I thought maybe a mistle thrush at fieldfare. Never seen one like it before. Too quick to get a picture.

We had a black and whit bird that looked remarkably like a Blackbird (or Thrush) a few years ago visiting the garden ... remember we looked it up and this was online ...

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[Chobulous]

We had a black and whit bird that looked remarkably like a Blackbird (or Thrush) a few years ago visiting the garden ... remember we looked it up and this was online ...

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That could be the fellow

[Chobulous]

Woodpecker is right size and colour.

No red patch on its back so not a woodpecker, wrong shaped head as well I think the genetic mutation is best bet

[Longsider]

Sounds painful. Will cranberry juice help?

[2 Bee Holed]

Sounds painful. Will cranberry juice help?

2 cartons per day, the itching should subsude after 3 days.

[Quicknick]

Sounds like a dodgy STD.

[Bosscat]

Sounds like a dodgy STD.

Perhaps been stood in some "Draughts"

[gsyclaret]

according to the advert canestan wiill sort it out

[IanMcL]

Lot of fuss for a magpie!

[Lowbankclaret]

Possibility

Ring ouzel, rare but they are around here.

[Bosscat]

Possibility

Ring ouzel, rare but they are around here.

Could be a good shout Lowbc ... same family Turdus ...

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[Lowbankclaret]

There was was a white tailed sea eagle pictured over Burnley a couple of weeks ago.

[SPC&G]

Could it possibly be a Missle thrush or Song thrush both pretty distinctive and can be found up Ightenhill Park?

[dsr]

I saw (or initially heard, they were making a heck of a din) a couple of oystercatchers on the roof of a factory in Keighley on Sunday. Presumably mating calls, though I can't imagine there were too many other oystercatchers in the area to be rivals. If they're living round here, they must be able to manage on more than just oysters!

[Lowbankclaret]

Could be a good shout Lowbc ... same family Turdus ...

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Been a twitcher since I was 12, not many a bird round here is new . Well apart from that kingfisher that blew off course last year, that was a strange one.

[Bosscat]

I saw (or initially heard, they were making a heck of a din) a couple of oystercatchers on the roof of a factory in Keighley on Sunday. Presumably mating calls, though I can't imagine there were too many other oystercatchers in the area to be rivals. If they're living round here, they must be able to manage on more than just oysters!

A lot of them round here dsr on the Ribble quite often see them when we are driving to Gisburn

[Lowbankclaret]

Could it possibly be a Missle thrush or Song thrush both pretty distinctive and can be found up Ightenhill Park?

Both are predominantly brown and not black. Whilst at this time of year you can get redwing and fieldfare, they are also predominantly brown

[Lowbankclaret]

I saw (or initially heard, they were making a heck of a din) a couple of oystercatchers on the roof of a factory in Keighley on Sunday. Presumably mating calls, though I can't imagine there were too many other oystercatchers in the area to be rivals. If they're living round here, they must be able to manage on more than just oysters!

Oystercatchers are here all year round. You hear them before you see them. They are just a very vocal bird. Very distinctive call.

[Guller Bull]

Chobulous - I saw a flock of ring ouzel round about this time last year (maybe a few weeks later than this). We live in SW Scotland.

I asked the same question because they were definitely thrush sized or slightly bigger and making a strange call that I had not heard before. Lots of theories locally and lots of people saying ring ouzel/ not ring ouzel, but turns out they seem to migrate north early in the new year and are more common than people assume. People were saying that they prefer higher ground but the ones I saw were in a woodland close to a coastal plain.

[Colburn_Claret]

Could be a good shout Lowbc ... same family Turdus ...

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I saw a Ring Ouzel in Richmond about 20 years ago, on the 20th January.
I didn't recognise it at all, they have a winter plumage that leaves the whole body with scalloped feathers, and only a hint of the ring.
I described it to the local bird recorder who put me right.

I would think by March they will probably look more like the photo.

[SPC&G]

There used to be loads of Oystercatchers by the Calder around Altham. Really distinctive red/orange beak

[Colburn_Claret]

Chobulous - I saw a flock of ring ouzel round about this time last year (maybe a few weeks later than this). We live in SW Scotland.

I asked the same question because they were definitely thrush sized or slightly bigger and making a strange call that I had not heard before. Lots of theories locally and lots of people saying ring ouzel/ not ring ouzel, but turns out they seem to migrate north early in the new year and are more common than people assume. People were saying that they prefer higher ground but the ones I saw were in a woodland close to a coastal plain.

A clear flute like note, 3 short, 3 long.
They are common in the higher moorlands, near footpaths or rills.

[brexit]

This should get rid of it

[Guller Bull]

A clear flute like note, 3 short, 3 long.

That was the thing that convinced me they were ring ouzel.

[2 Bee Holed]

This should get rid of it

You'll upset people by getting rid of thrushes.

[2 Bee Holed]

But then again without canesten your ring will ouze.

[Volvoclaret]

It was a Vulture Chobby. Not a good sign at your age

[dougcollins]

I saw (or initially heard, they were making a heck of a din) a couple of oystercatchers on the roof of a factory in Keighley on Sunday. Presumably mating calls, though I can't imagine there were too many other oystercatchers in the area to be rivals. If they're living round here, they must be able to manage on more than just oysters!

They sometimes nest on large flat roofs, particularly if they have gravel.

[claretblue]

Too quick to get a picture.

you mean too slow to get a picture!

[dougcollins]

Ouzels are relatively common in these parts but they are definitively moorland birds, very rarely seen at low level. They're also very shy, unlike our familiar thrushes and blackbirds.

[Guller Bull]

Another birdie query.

We live on the coast (Solway) but have a house, bushes and a tree between us and the beach. Every night (in the middle of the night) we hear a bird chittering in the tree and bushes - I have seen it on the very odd occassion and it is quite small. I had presumed it was a little owl but every vid clip and sound file of the little owl has a hoot or a screech. This never does but it is very active and moves about the bushes from area to area as though hunting. Any ideas?

Like I say the sound is more of a chattering rattly sound. Its definitely nocturnal and not a song/garden bird.

[dougcollins]

Another birdie query.

We live on the coast (Solway) but have a house, bushes and a tree between us and the beach. Every night (in the middle of the night) we hear a bird chittering in the tree and bushes - I have seen it on the very odd occassion and it is quite small. I had presumed it was a little owl but every vid clip and sound file of the little owl has a hoot or a screech. This never does but it is very active and moves about the bushes from area to area as though hunting. Any ideas?

Like I say the sound is more of a chattering rattly sound. Its definitely nocturnal and not a song/garden bird.

I know from night fishing that Sedge Warblers can chatter on all night, but they won't be here yet, late spring arrivals.

[Chobulous]

It was a Vulture Chobby. Not a good sign at your age

I was in Sharm el Sheik a few years ago sunning myself lying on my stomach doing my back. When I turned over there were 3 vultures circling overhead. Trust me Carl I know the difference between mutated blackbirds and vultures

[Stayingup]

Whenever I’ve seen thrush it’s always been red and spotty

Wasn't that Shaggy?

[Bosscat]

Wasn't that Shaggy?

No need for that just because he hates Lewis Hamilton and Sean Dyche

[Quickenthetempo]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1949181 ... 966565086/
Someone has posted a pic of it on FB.

[Bosscat]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1949181 ... 966565086/
Someone has posted a pic of it on FB.

Private group can't see picture ...

[Quickenthetempo]

Private group can't see picture ...

It's just a local Burnley group.

Not sure It's right to share from a private group then or without the photographers permission.

But they say it's quite a common site in the park.