Redwing

• The redwing is 21 cm in length with a wingspan of 34 cm
• This quite dark little thrush is much smaller than the fieldfare
• It has a prominent creamy-white eyestripe
• The chestnut-red colour to the underwing and flanks gives the bird its common name
• In the autumn, after dark, listen overhead for the far-carrying 'seep' contact notes of redwing on migration
• Redwing journey here non-stop from southern Scandinavia, often in company with fieldfares and blackbirds and return to the continent the following March
• Redwings eat insects etc, with increasing amounts of fruit and berries in autumn and winter
• Redwings will also feed in woodland, turning over leaves in the same manner as blackbirds