LAST week's blast of cold weather from the east brought an influx of fieldfares (such as the one above) to many gardens - especially if there were any berries left on shrubs and bushes or, better still, if apples or pears lay on the snowy lawns. By the start of this week, the winds had become southerlies and many of these handsome members of the thrush family will have taken full advantage of the changed conditions to migrate overnight back to Iceland and other Nordic countries where they breed.
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