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Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Family: Turdidae Provenance: Native Resident status: Partial Migrant / Passage Migrant / Winter Visitor Conservation status: High Conservation Concern Protected status: Protected   Habitat: Woodlands, hedgerows, parks and gardens. Distribution: Common throughout British Isles except Shetlands. Description: Often confused with the mistle thrush, this species is smaller and has no white in the tail. Male and female are similar. LENGTH: 23cm. VOICE: Flight call ‘sip’; alarm call ‘tchook-tchook’; song flute-like and repetitive. EGG: Pale blue with black spots. Natural History: NEST: The female builds the nest, which is usually placed quite low in a bush, a hedge or in other dense vegetation. It is made from grass, twigs and leaves, lined with mud or wood pulp. REPRODUCTION: Four to five eggs (occasionally 6) are laid between March and June, and are incubated by the female for 11-15 days. The chicks are fed by both parents for 12-16 days. Two or three broods per year. MOVEMENTS: Resident, but moves greatly within the country. European birds arrive in autumn, some passing on southwards whilst some remain.

 

Plant Associations
Stage			Plant common name		Plant latin name		Plant part(s)
Important associations:
	Adult		Elder		Sambucus nigra		Fruits
			Blackthorn		Prunus spinosa		Fruits
			Ivy		Hedera helix		Fruits
			Yew		Taxus baccata		Fruits
			Hawthorn		Crataegus monogyna		Fruits
General associations:
			Common Mallow		Malva sylvestris		Fruits
			Wild Privet		Ligustrum vulgare		Fruits
			Spindle		Euonymus europaeus		Fruits
			Dogwood		Cornus sanguinea		Fruits
			Holly		Ilex aquifolium		Fruits
			Perfoliate Honeysuckle		Lonicera caprifolium		Fruits
			Bird Cherry		Prunus padus		Fruits
			Wild Cherry		Prunus avium		Fruits
			Bittersweet		Solanum dulcamara		Fruits
			Common Whitebeam		Sorbus aria		Fruits
			Buckthorn		Rhamnus cathartica		Fruits
			Rowan		Sorbus aucuparia		Fruits
			Guelder-rose		Viburnum opulus		Fruits
Occasional associations:
			Stinking Iris		Iris foetidissima		Fruits
			Dog-rose		Rosa canina		Fruits
			White Bryony		Bryonia dioica		Fruits
			Black Bryony		Tamus communis		Fruits
			Bramble		Rubus fruticosus agg.		Fruits
			Red Currant		Ribes rubrum		Fruits
			Wayfaring-tree		Viburnum lantana		Fruits
			Honeysuckle		Lonicera periclymenum		Fruits
			Mistletoe		Viscum album		Fruits