"Kay" wrote in message
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In article , Franz Heymann
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"GeeBee" wrote in message
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The Mistle thrushes are back......
they were in the garden feeding this morning.

We cannot yet put it in the plural, but we saw one in the back
garden
this morning. And it really was a mistle thrush, not a song
thrush.

Song thrush populations have been declining over recent years,
whereas
ISTR mistle thrushes populations hve remained stable. We have two
mistle
thrushes who are frequent visitors (they have just stripped my best
holly) but it's a long while since I saw a song thrush in the
garden.

We are lucky enough to have had the pleasure of a song-thrush song
every year since we have been living here.

Franz