Birdwatch: Cold snap brings fieldfares and redwings to the fore

Britain's winter thrushes, the swallows and swifts of the season, were strangely absent until recentlyJust as swallows and swifts are the constant sight and sound of spring and summer, so our two winter thrushes - fieldfares and redwings - are usually ever-present during the autumn and winter months.Last autumn, however, the fields and hedgerows around my Somerset home were unusually devoid of these birds, while their favourite food - the hawthorn's bright scarlet berries - remained uneaten. Continue reading...