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Click to hear the sound of the Mistle Thrush
The Mistle Thrush is always resident both on and around the Common. It is a very bold bird. The upper plumage is grey-brown and the whitish breast is heavily spotted with dark brown markings.
Haunt. Fields and wooded areas around the Common, also local
gardens close by.
Nest. In a fork of a tree, sometimes very low down. The nest is
made from grass, roots, mosses and mud, and is lined
with softer grasses.
Eggs. 4-5 are laid between February and May depending on the
weather conditions locally. The eggs are whitish in
colour and spotted with red and grey-brown markings.
Food. Worms, snails, slugs, insects and berries of all kinds.
Notes. When alarmed it sounds an angry "churr". Its loud song
is constantly repeated and lacks the range of the
smaller Song Thrush. Being known also as the "Storm
Cock", it sings from a high perch, even on days when
the weather is bad and all the other birds are silent.
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