Song Thrush

Turdus philomelos

Locally common resident of 1 million breeding pairs in Britain plus 950,000 birds in Ireland.

Also breeds in mainland Europe.

The sexes are similar, with plain brown backs and neatly black-spotted cream or yellow-buff underparts, becoming paler on the belly.

The underwing is warm yellow, the bill is yellowish and the legs and feet are pink.

Juveniles resembles the Adults, but has buff or orange streaks on the back and wing coverts.

The song is given from trees, rooftops or other elevated perches, is a loud clear run of musical phrases, repeated two to four times, filip filip filip codidio codidio quitquiquit tittit tittit tereret tereret tereret, and interspersed with grating notes and mimicry.