This little fella sat still just long enough to let me take this shot on a pretty slow shutter speed.

My favourite thrush, the ultra-timid Redwing, is barely as big as a Starling and, like its bigger cousin the Fieldfare, spends the winter here scouring the open countryside for berries and windfalls. All the way from its summer breeding grounds in Scandinavia, I look forward to seeing as many as fifty of these beautiful “rattlers” competing for berries amongst the trees and bushes at the end of my garden.