by Rachel Barber

The fieldfare is a member of the thrush family. The reason they are called fieldfares is that they hang around the fields. The fieldfare comes from Sweden. He is a winter visitor. Fieldfares like to eat insects, worms, slugs and berries. In the spring the fieldfare goes back to Sweden.

A fieldfare is brown with grey near the tail and neck. It is heavily marked on its underparts with arrowhead marks on a white and yellow breast. The fieldfare has a pale yellow bill with a dark tip. In flight, the fieldfare is white under the wings. The fieldfare is about 25 cms long.