HUNTING HORIZONS - Worldwide Hunting Seasons Database

The Fieldfare [Turdus pilaris] breeds in woodland and scrub in northern Europe and Asia. It is strongly migratory with many northern birds moving south during the winter to southern and western Europe. It is a very rare breeder in Great Britain and Ireland, but winters in large numbers in these countries. Adults winter further south than juveniles. Migrating and wintering birds often form large flocks.
LENGTH: 22-27 cm WEIGHT: 100 g WINGSPAN: 40 cm
Fieldfares are easily identified; both sexes are similar with plain reddish brown backs sandwiched between the striking cold grey colours of the head and rump. Underwings are white, underparts are white with a reddish wash to the breast. The breast and flanks are heavily spotted.
HABITAT: Breeds in woodland, especially birch, and scrub; winters on farmland, entering towns in bad weather.
FEEDING: It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, invertebrates and earthworms in summer, and berries in winter.
CALL: The male has a simple chattering song, and a chattering flight and alarm call.
FLIGHT: In flight show conspicuously white underwing coverts with a clear contrast between the white lower belly and the black tail.