What kind of food do the song thrush eat?

The bulk of the song thrush diet is earthworms and snails, particularly when insect larvae and berry crops are not available. Therefore, damp ground where these food sources are readily available is essential. Using pesticide treatments which are active against ground invertebrates will reduce this food supply.

1. What fruit do song thrush eat?
2. What do NZ song thrush eat?
3. What do song thrushes eat UK?
4. Do song thrush eat seeds?
5. Where do song thrush go in winter?
6. What Colour are song thrush eggs?
7. What Colour is a male thrush?
8. How many eggs does a song thrush lay?
9. Do thrushes eat mealworms?
10. What do you feed thrushes in the winter?
11. How rare is a song thrush?
12. How long does a song thrush live?
13. Do thrush eat frogs?

What fruit do song thrush eat?

They love fruit and shrubs rife with berries; they have a fondness for fallen apples. During spring and early summer, thrushes spend most of the day foraging for insects on which they can feed their young.

What do NZ song thrush eat?

Feeding. Song thrushes specialise in eating snails, including introduced and native land and marine species. Using a rock, they smash the shell repeatedly until it breaks open. They also eat other invertebrates and fruit.

What do song thrushes eat UK?

The song thrush eats worms, snails, caterpillars and fruit. Snails are a particular favourite.

Do song thrush eat seeds?

The song thrush loves to feed on lawns, where it can pull up worms. Though the song thrush's diet is mainly based on insects, they will eat the odd piece of hedgerow fruit, and very occasionally a seed. ... The song thrush can do that for you, no problem.

Where do song thrush go in winter?

Song thrushes are sensitive to hard winter weather. Winter territories are abandoned during periods of severe weather, when many birds move southwards, even as far as north-west France and northern Spain. Considerable numbers of Dutch birds spend the winter in the UK.

What Colour are song thrush eggs?

Song thrush eggs (Turdus philomelos)

Song thrush eggs are smooth and glossy,31 x 22mm large. They are very pale blue eggs with a few large dark speckles, mostly at the wider end. The nests are usually constructed out of mud, with no grass lining.

What Colour is a male thrush?

Male Varied Thrushes are dark blue-gray on the back and rich burnt-orange below with a sooty-black breastband and orange line over the eye. The wings are blackish with two orange bars and orange edging to the flight feathers. Females have the same patterns, but are paler gray-brown than males.

How many eggs does a song thrush lay?

Normal clutch size is 3-5, with one egg laid each day. The female starts to incubate once the last egg is laid, and the chicks hatch 13-15 days later.

Do thrushes eat mealworms?

To help, live or dried mealworms can be an ideal replacement for this food, providing an equal amount of nutrition for the Song thrushes visiting a garden. Be sure to use a good mealworm feeder, as this would provide easy access for the birds.

What do you feed thrushes in the winter?

In fall and winter, thrushes also eat many types of berries and fruits, including raspberries, grapes, and elderberries, and providing native berry-producing shrubs will be a welcome, natural food source. Feeders could include soaked raisins, kitchen scraps, and small pieces of suet.

How rare is a song thrush?

The song thrush used to be a very common bird in the UK. In fact, in the early 20th century it was more abundant than the blackbird. However, since the 1940s, blackbirds have flourished, making them a more familiar bird these days. Between 1970 and 2010, the UK song thrush population declined by 54 per cent.

How long does a song thrush live?

The typical lifespan is three years, but the maximum recorded age is 10 years 8 months. The song thrush is occasionally a host of parasitic cuckoos, such as the common cuckoo, but this is very rare because the thrush recognizes the cuckoo's non-mimetic eggs.

Do thrush eat frogs?

Foraging and Feeding

Blue Rock Thrush: Feeds on insects, small lizards, small frogs, and even small mice.