On 2013-07-01 15:11:01 +0100, CT said:

Mike Coon wrote:

CT wrote:

Pied Flycatcher?

I know sizes are tricky, but surely that is quite a bit smaller than
a blackbird? (Not that I've looked up the numbers.)

Yes, it is.

But as you say, sizes can definitely be tricky and it fitted the
colour/markings so worth a punt for the OP to check out some images.

Perhaps it was just a semi-albino Blackbird, like:
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/resources...ticleLandscape

Too big and too 'beefy' for a flycatcher and I think the markings were
too distinctive for an albino blackbird. That aggressive stabbing at
the lawn wasn't blackbird-like, either, so I don't think it was that.
I'll try to remember to take the binocular upstairs tonight and the
camera!
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