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Birds seen in parks and gardens in the UK: Mistle Thrush

Birdcare - Mistle Thrush
http://www.birdcare.com/bin/showsonb?mistle+thrush/
Gain an insight into actual numbers of mistle thrushes breeding in UK and Europe. Read note on how the bird spread across UK in 20th century.

British Garden Birds - Mistle Thrush
http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/mistlethrush.htm
Read about the sightings of the mistle thrush in a garden in Sheffield, England, from 1998 - 2005. Plus data on diet, breeding, and physical appearance.  

British Trust for Ornithology - Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus
http://www.bto.org/gbw/Species/BIRDS_MISTH.htm
Find out about how this sometimes aggressive bird uses its size and weight to protect its food. Offers physical description, ecology and behaviour, plus colour image.

First Nature - Turdus viscivorus - Mistle Thrush
http://www.first-nature.com/birds/turdus_viscivorus.htm
Appraise how this bird that is common in Wales got its name. Also offers colour image of adult feeding three young in the nest. 

Garden Safari, The - Mistle Thrush
http://www.gardensafari.net/english/pages/grootlijster.htm
Browse description high-lighting the essential differences between the mistle thrush and the song thrush. Includes name in four languages plus scientific name. 

IoM Birding - Mistle Thrush
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/Mistle%20Thrush080505.htm
Scan photo taken on the Isle of Man and appreciate the speckled breast and overall shape of the mistle thrush with this large close-up image of bird with worm in beak. 

Isle of Man Birding - Mistle Thrush
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/pages/mistle_thrush.htm
Review sightings of the mistle thrush on small island off the coast of western England. Map of island showing locations of sightings, plus colour images. 

MangoVerde - Mistle Thrush, Turdus viscivorus http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec138-125.html
Appreciate listening to the mistle thrush with three audio clips. Also find five colour photographs of bird in natural habitat.

Matt Foster - Mistle Thrush Eggs
http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk/thrush.htm
Scrutinize close-up photographs of the nest of the mistle thrush recording the complex weaving and use of range of materials. Nest contains four eggs.

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Mistle Thrush http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/m/mistlethrush/
Familiarise yourself with the largest of the thrush family residing in the UK. Offers description, colour wash illustration, and distribution map.

Tiscali Reference - Mistle Thrush
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/animals/data/m0049177.html
Peruse details about the mistle thrush with this condensed but useful description of the bird and its eggs.

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