Taxobox name Fieldfare status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name IUCN IUCN2007 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 51605 title Turdus pilaris downloaded 2 February 2008 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern ref image Turdus pilaris2.jpg image width 250px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passerine Passeriformes familia Thrush bird Turdidae genus Turdus species T. pilaris binomial Turdus pilaris binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 The Fieldfare Turdus pilaris is a member of the Thrush bird thrush family Turdidae. It breeds in woodland and scrub in northern Europe and Asia . It is strongly bird migration migratory , with many northern birds moving south during the winter. It is a very rare breeder in Great Britain and Ireland , but winters in large numbers in these countries. It nests in trees, laying several Egg biology egg s in a neat nest. Unusually for a thrush, they often nest ... s in summer, and berries in winter. The Fieldfare is 22 27 cm long, with a plain brown back ... common name fieldfare dates back to at least the eleventh century. The Old English language Anglo ... fieldfare work The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989. OED Online url http dictionary.oed.com cgi ... fledged 8.jpg right thumb A recently fledged chick in Norway The Fieldfare has an extensive range ... . ref name IUCN Gallery gallery Image Fieldfare 4.jpg Fieldfare on bird nest nest Image Turdus pilaris.jpg Fieldfare in Rumia , Poland File Turdus pilaris3.jpg File Fieldfare aka Turdus pilaris.jpg Fieldfare ... File Fieldfare Mindaugas Urbonas.jpg Image Fieldfare.JPG Image Turdus pilaris Fieldfare in Estonia1.jpg Image Fieldfare Turdus pilaris .jpg Fieldfare in Country Garden eating Crab Apples Faringdon ... Fieldfare http www.ibercajalav.net img 345 FieldfareTpilaris.pdf Ageing and sexing PDF by Javier Blasco Zumeta http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi england 8457214.stm BBC video of Fieldfare in an English ... more details
Fieldfare cabin Fieldfarehytta is a shelter built during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany . It is situated in the Tafjordfjella mountains on the northern shore of the Lake Veltdalsvatnet in Sunnm re , Norway . ref http www.turistforeningen.no alesund cabin.php?ca id 236 Fieldfarehytta lesund Sunnm re Turistforening ref The cabin was built during the spring of 1944 by the sabotage team of Joachim R nneberg , Birger Str msheim and Olav Aars ther of the Norwegian Independent Company 1 Kompani Linge as part of Operation Fieldfare in Sunnm re Fieldfare i Tafjordfjellene p Sunnm re . The location of the cabin is very remote, as it takes two or three days by foot on rough ground to get there. The team were dropped from Great Britain during World War II . Their assignment was to prepare attacks on German supply lines in valley of Romsdal . Additionally they were to establish a foot hold in the mountains close to Domb s , one of the busiest railway intersections between Oslo and Trondheim . Situated under an overhanging rock to protect it from discovery by aircraft, they used the cabin as a shelter for more than a year during their sabotage actions. ref name aalesund tf cite web url http www.turistforeningen.no alesund cabin.php?ca id 236&fo id 5846 title Fieldfarehytta language Norwegian publisher Norwegian Trekking Association lesund Sunnm re accessdate 11 February 2009 ref It was built with the over stock of materials used for civil construction of Heimste at Veltdalsvatnet, which had been built in the thirties. The cabin was renovated by Joachim R nneberg during the summer of 1990. The cabin has a part of the original radio equipment set up and a copy of the log book. The cabin was given to the lesund and Sunnm re branch of the Norwegian Trekking Association and is open today to the public. ref name aalesund tf ref cite web url http www.mil.no hv hv 11 start organinsasjon ... Norwegian ref References reflist Other sourcres Ovrelid, Thor 2005 Operation Fieldfare. Britisk infrastruktursabotasje ... more details
HMS Fieldfare, also known as RNAS Evanton and later as RAF Evanton, is a disused airfield in Ross and Cromarty , Scotland . It lies on the shore of the Cromarty Firth near the village of Evanton . An airfield was established on the site in 1922 to support the Royal Navy Royal Navy s Home Fleet , which had one of its main bases nearby at Invergordon . Before arriving in port, aircraft carriers must fly off their aircraft to a land base it is difficult or impossible for fixed wing aircraft to operate from a carrier while the ship is at anchor. Originally, the navy used a site at Delny , near Invergordon , but it could not be enlarged for larger planes. At first, the airfield was known as the Novar base, after the Novar House Novar estate which owned the land. At the time naval aviation was in the hands of the The Fleet Air Arm of the RAF and HMS Fieldfare was serviced from RAF Leuchars . In 1937 it was decided to expand the aerodrome and it became a flight and bombing training school. By the start of the Second World War the Home Fleet had moved to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands to be out of range of Germany German Bombers. The airfield was shared by the RAF, to whom it was known as RAF Evanton. During the War it was used principally as a training base, particularly for the training of air gunners. By 1943 it was being used for Coastal Command maintenance and it later became storage yard with up to 250 aircraft. The Cromarty Firth was used as a seaplane base during the War and the RAF maintained a presence in Alness until at least the 1980s. On Empire Day 1939 78 RAF stations were opened to the public. RAF Evanton was the farthest north and attracted a mile long queue of cars and 9,000 visitors. RAF Evanton theoretically closed in 1947, but may have been used for secret flights by the Americans in the 1950s. Today the site is an industrial estate, but parts of the X shaped ... Histories coord 57 40 0 N 4 18 30 W display title region GB DEFAULTSORT Fieldfare Category Ross ... more details
Image Turdus pilaris2.jpg thumb right Fieldfare The Area Willesborough is a suburb of Ashford, Kent , UK. The area has schools, post offices, shops and other local resources, it is mainly residential but as Ashford expands there is more and more commercial activity around Willesborough. The Willesborough Dykes form part of the Ashford Green Corridor South Willesborough Dykes This section is linked from East Stour, Kent On the west bank of the East Stour, Kent East Stour river is an area of sheep fields drained by dyke river dyke s, the area is designated as the South Willesborough Dykes Site of Nature Conservation Interest SNCI . The dykes continue on the east side of the East Stour river and amongst the residential areas, and a tributary stream Aylesford Stream runs between Newtown and South Willesborough and into the East Stour. The smallest ditches dry up completely in summer. ref http www.noodles99.freeserve.co.uk rivers.htm The SWANEG site South Willesborough and Newtown Environmental Group ref The South Willesborough Dykes have limited access to the public but are none the less important in terms of the geology of the area, being in the river floodplain and in supporting neutral, wet grassland species. Grazing has influenced the composition of the grassland habitat and much of the area remains as grazing land today. Image Purple loosestrife2.jpg thumb left Purple Loosestrife Similar Sites There are few other places in East Kent with the same characteristics as the South Willesborough Dykes, other areas of grazing marsh are designated as the Sandwich Bay and Hacklinge marshes SSSI , Ash Level and South Richborough Pasture an SNCI , there are nature reserves at Gazen Salts recreation ground Sandwich, Kent Sandwich and Monk s Wall nature reserve . Plants Image Pinksterbloem.jpg thumb Lady s Smock Plants that are unlikely to be recorded anywhere else in Kent are found ... such as Fieldfare , Linnet , Swallow bird Swallow , Northern Lapwing Lapwing often found together with Golden ... more details
pages 127p. last Norman first David coauthors Norman Arlott title The Fieldfare location London year ... and Wirral Ornithological Society Papers Various, on waders on the Mersey Estuary , Fieldfare ... more details
coord 53.389 2.557 display title region GB scale 20000 Paddington Meadows is a nature reserve in Warrington , England . The land was donated to Warrington Borough council in 1995. It was designated in November 2005. The site comprises almost 30 hectares of meadow grassland occupying the area to the south of Manchester Road the A57 road A57 and to the north of the Mersey. It is five minutes by car from Warrington town centre. There is ongoing active management of the hedgerows which include thinning and laying of the various edges. Hawthorns also grow in an orchard area rather than the more useful hedge arrangement. There are various paths around the perimeter and crossing the meadows that are open and closed at various times dependent on conservation projects. On occasion the members of the Warrington rowing club can be seen using the Mersey. Rare breed longhorn Cattle are grazed on the site during the summer months and they play a vital role in keeping the grass short, which in turn encourages ground nesting birds such as skylark . A wild flower meadow has been created on one of the fields. The site attracts flocks of fieldfare s and redwing s, which feed on the berries of some of the oldest Common hawthorn hawthorn hedges in the Cheshire area. There are planned changes to the designation of this area that may allow for development. br A major project was started in 2009 to clean up the Woolston new cut canal that runs along the northern edge of the meadows. Invasive flora is being cut back and long term projects are attempting to remove pollution and toxicants from the silt in the canal. External links http www.warrington.gov.uk leisureandculture parksandopenspaces parks Paddington Meadows.aspx Warrington Council website Category Nature reserves in Cheshire Category Visitor attractions in Cheshire Cheshire geo stub ... more details
Taxobox name Chestnut backed Thrush image Zoothera dohertyi.jpg status NT status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Turdidae genus Zoothera species Z. dohertyi binomial Zoothera dohertyi binomial authority Ernst Hartert Hartert , 1896 synonyms C. alternate br C. alternate2 range map range map width 240px range map caption File Zoothera dohertyi.ogg thumb left 240px Video of a Chestnut backed Thrush 11s The Chestnut backed thrush Zoothera dohertyi is a ground thrush bird thrush species endemic to Lombok , Timor and the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia . The species is rapidly declining and it is already extinct on Lombok and possibly on Lesser Sunda. There are only 10 European zoos which hold this species, including Birdworld , Bristol Zoo , Chester Zoo , Jersey Zoo , Burgers Zoo and Waddesdon Manor bird gardens. Eight of these zoos successfully breed them and there are now 63 of them in captivity. Private Members of the Foreign Bird League in the UK are participating in the breeding scheme for this species and are being particularly successful. More information on the Foreign Bird League can be found at www.foreignbirdleague.com A European species, the Fieldfare , was once also known by this name http books.google.com books?id gUUDAAAAQAAJ&pg PA105&lpg PA105&dq chestnut backed thrush&source web&ots ZpC5dKgap&sig zp6l1BcmmSvLr41936jKZxr8pXw . The binomial name of this bird commemorates the American entomologist William Doherty . References IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 40335 title Zoothera dohertyi downloaded 10 June 2006 turdidae stub Category Zoothera Category Birds of Southeast Asia Category Birds of Indonesia Category Articles containing video clips fr Grive de Doherty hu Szumbawai f ldirig ru Zoothera dohertyi sv Kastanjeryggad trast uk ... more details
Taxobox name Dusky Thrush status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 51604 title Turdus naumanni downloaded 12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern ref image Tsugumi1.JPG regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Turdidae genus Turdus species T. eunomus binomial Turdus eunomus binomial authority Coenraad Jacob Temminck Temminck , 1820 The Dusky Thrush , Turdus eunomus , is a member of the Thrush bird thrush family Turdidae which breeds eastwards from central Siberia . It is closely related to the more southerly breeding Naumann s Thrush T. naumanni the two have often been regarded as conspecific . This species breeds in open woodland areas, but unlike Naumann s Thrush, Dusky Thrush is more tolerant of mountainous and tundra edge habitats. This species is strongly bird migration migratory , wintering south to southeast Asia , principally in China and neighbouring countries. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe . It nests in trees, laying 3 5 Egg biology egg s in an untidy but neatly lined nest. Migrating birds and wintering birds often form small flocks. It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects , especially mosquito es, earthworm s and berries. This is a medium sized but stocky thrush, reminiscent in structure of a small Fieldfare . The underwing is reddish brown, and there is a pale wikt Supercilium supercilium . Dusky Thrush has a dark brown back and rump the face, breast, and flank spots rump are black and the belly and undertail are white. Naumann s Thrush in comparison has a paler brown back and head the face, breast, flank spots and rump are reddish, and the belly and undertail are white. The female is fairly similar to the male, but immatures have a weaker patterning. The male Dusky Thrush has a simple fluted or whistling song, similar to the Redwing . There are suggestions that the songs of Dusky ... more details
Taxobox name Naumann s Thrush status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 51604 title Turdus naumanni downloaded 12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern ref image Bandong.jpg regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Turdidae genus Turdus species T. naumanni binomial Turdus naumanni binomial authority Coenraad Jacob Temminck Temminck , 1820 Naumann s Thrush , Turdus naumanni , is a member of the Thrush bird thrush family Turdidae which breeds eastwards from central Siberia . It is closely related to the more northerly breeding Dusky Thrush T. eunomus the two have often been regarded as conspecific . This species breeds in open woodland areas Dusky Thrush, as would be expected, is more tolerant of mountainous and tundra edge habitats. This species is strongly bird migration migratory , wintering south to southeast Asia , principally in China and neighbouring countries. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe . It nests in trees, laying 3 5 Egg biology egg s in an untidy but neatly lined nest. Migrating birds and wintering birds often form small flocks. It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects , especially mosquito es, earthworm s and berries. This is a medium sized but stocky thrush, reminiscent in structure of a small Fieldfare . The underwing is reddish brown, and there is a pale wikt Supercilium supercilium . Naumann s Thrush has pale brown back and head. The face, breast, flank spots and rump are reddish, and the belly and undertail are white, whereas Dusky Thrush has a darker brown back and rump, and the face, breast, and flank spots rump are black. The belly and undertail are white. The female is fairly similar to the male, but immatures have a weaker patterning. The song of Naumann s Thrush may differ from the simple fluted or whistling Redwing like song of Dusky Thrush. The scientific and English name ... more details
was a keen bird watcher and walker, and, taking his pen name from a Fieldfare British wild bird , he wrote articles on country walks as Fieldfare in the Evening News London Evening News during ... more details
War II work Subsequently he commanded other raids against the Germans, including the Fieldfare Cabin Fieldfare operation in Sunnm re , ref name nkl in preparation for attacks against German supply ... of Fieldfare Cabin in the valley Veltedalen in the summer of 1990, where he had hid out the last year of the war with two other officers from NOR.I.C.1. Fieldfare Cabin today gives an image of Norwegian ... more details
coord 54.245 5.848 display title region GB scale 20000 File Murlough National Nature Reserve 17 , February 2010.JPG thumb right 250px Murlough Nature Reserve, February 2010 Murlough Nature Reserve lies on the coast of County Down in Northern Ireland , situated close to Newcastle, County Down Newcastle . It offers spectacular views of Slieve Donard , the highest peak in the Mourne Mountains and Dundrum Bay . Its 6000 year old sand dune system has been managed by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty National Trust since 1967, when it became Ireland s first nature reserve. ref name DN cite web title Murlough National Nature Reserve work Discover Northern Ireland url http www.discovernorthernireland.com Murlough National Nature Reserve Dundrum Newcastle P3004 accessdate 2008 12 22 ref Grid ref J414351. ref name MM cite web title Murlough National Nature Reserve work The Mourne Mountains url http www.mournemountains.com murloughbay.htm accessdate 2008 12 22 ref Features At 697 acres ref name MM , it is the best and most extensive example of dune heath within Ireland, with a network of paths and boardwalks through the dunes. ref name DN It is an important wintering site for many species of bird, including Thrush bird thrushes , Fieldfare and Redwing , which feed off the Sea buckthorn s orange berries. Shorehauling Grey Seal and Common Seal s are also common in the area. Between 50 and 130 common and grey seals regularly use the area for moulting, resting and feeding. ref cite web title Murlough National Nature Reserve work National Trust url http www.nationaltrust.org.uk main w global w localtoyou w northernireland w northernireland countryside environment w northernireland places visit coast w northernireland places visit coast down.htm murl accessdate 2008 12 22 ref Rare plants local to the site are pyramidal orchid and Carlina carline thistle . Many rare and beautiful butterflies occupy the reserve. One of 22 butterfly species, the Marsh ... more details
Image Melchior de Hondecoeter 001.jpg right thumb 260px The Menagerie by Melchior d Hondecoeter. On canvas, convert 135 by 116.5 cm . Rijksmuseum , Amsterdam File Melchior de Hondecoeter Dode haan, hangend aan een spijker.jpg thumb right 260px The dead rooster , Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium . Melchior d Hondecoeter c. 1636 April 3, 1695 , Netherlands Dutch animalier painter, was born in Utrecht city Utrecht and died in Amsterdam . After the start of his career, he painted virtually exclusively bird subjects, usually exotic or game, in park like landscapes. Hondecoeter s paintings featured geese brent goose , Egyptian brent and red breasted brent , fieldfare s, partridges, pigeons, ducks, magpies and peacocks, but also African grey crowned crane s, Asian sarus crane s, Indonesian Yellow crested Cockatoo s, an Indonesian Purple naped Lory and Grey headed Lovebird s from Madagascar . Biography Being the grandson of painter Gillis d Hondecoeter and son of Gijsbert d Hondecoeter , as well as nephew of Jan Baptist Weenix , he was brought up by Weenix in the profession of painting when his father died. Of Weenix we know that he married Gilles daughter Josina in 1638. Melchior was, therefore, also related to Jan Weenix . Weenix told Arnold Houbraken that in his youth Melchior was extremely religious, praying very loud, so that his mother and uncle doubted if they would have him trained as a Painting painter or a Minister Christianity minister . In 1659 he was working in the Hague and became a member of the painters academy there. In 1663 Hondecoeter married Susanne Tradel in Amsterdam. She is said to have been captious, and she had her sisters living in their house, and so Hondecoeter spent much time in his garden or drinking in the tavern in the Jordaan . On the Lauriergracht, where he lived for a time, he was surrounded by art dealers and various painters. Later he moved to a house on Prinsengracht near Anne Frank House . In 1686 he bought a small countryhouse in ... more details
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