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Mistle Thrushes

Dartmoor - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Dartmoor birds

A lockdown lifetime ago we went to Dartmoor for a walk. I say ‘a walk’, but it was more an amble from …

Mistle Thrush - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Mistle Thrushes and mistletoe

There’s a Grey Squirrel barking in alarm in this Devon churchyard. I’ve not heard one bark like that before. “Must be a …

Mistle Thrush - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Zeeeeeeee

There’s a loud ‘Zeeeeee’ call from the top of the Yew trees in the churchyard opposite my house. I say churchyard but …

Mistle Thrush - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Mistle Thrushes

I’d never really considered why Mistle Thrushes are called Mistle Thrushes. It is, of course, because they eat Mistletoe berries. I discovered …