Wildlife seems to like it as much as we do, and if you’re patient, you can make like a mistle thrush and spread it around ...

WHEN snow is lying about in frozen corners, redwings (Turdus iliacus) can turn up. Deargan sneachta is their appropriate Irish language name. They come in from Iceland and northern Britain. Mistle ...

The mistle thrush is vanishing from UK gardens, wildlife experts warned as they urged people to take part in an annual survey to monitor how birds are faring. Results from the RSPB's annual Big Garden ...

You also may have noticed on cold mornings that our wild birds look a little rounder and fluffier than usual. By fluffing up their feathers they create small pockets of air close to their skin. Once ...

One of the things that grows happily in Reading and many places besides is blackthorn. It is a bit of a problem much of the time. It forms dense impenetrable thickets which spread by new shoots ...

When the Song Thrush raises its wings in flight, the undersides of its wings next to its body, its 'armpits', are a rusty-buff colour. In contract, the Mistle Thrush has white armpits. The Redwing ...

In a touching display of feathered camaraderie, an orphaned blackbird chick found itself 'adopted' by a mistle thrush in Shropshire, marking a rare instance of 'interspecific feeding'. The ...

To celebrate the beginning of spring in the Gaelic calendar, ornithologist Seán Ronayne is across the schedule on RTÉ lyric fm with a new series to discuss the distinct bird songs, melodies and calls ...

WHEN searching for her new home, this mistle thrush obviously chose to ignore the estate agents' motto "location, location, location". The mother bird plumped for the top of the traffic lights in ...

It is not temperature which determines when birds come into breeding condition but the increasing hours of daylight. Obviously, birds have never heard of Valentine’s Day but this is the time when the ...

The impetus for Valerie Forgione’s new project, Lovina Falls, was simple: “I missed singing.” Local music fans also likely missed Forgione’s singing. Her striking alto, which garnered comparisons to ...