The small copse behind the house has become a roost for the local migrant population of fieldfares. It is difficult to count the occupants, but I would estimate that there are upwards of fifty individual birds. What is strange about this is that the birds are not often to be seen in the neighbourhood during daylight hours.
It is quite something to see the birds arriving, usually in two's or three's, they appear as if from nowhere and suddenly drop vertically from the sky. Occasionally they have been disturbed and will rise in small groups and fly around before returning. I presume that it is the local tawny owls causing this apprehension amongst the thrushes. They depart the roost at first light and often unseen.
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