Redwings are winter visitors, and are also known as winter thrushes. Although at first glance Redwings look like a Song Thrush, they have a very pronounced stripe above the eye, and of course the red patch under the wing that gives them their name, you can see this in the photo below. You can see redwings just about anywhere at Croome.

Redwings have very similar feeding habits to the Fieldfare, and they generally feed and fly together. Where you see one there is a very good chance the other is there too. They seem to have a pattern of feeding through the winter. When they arrive they stay at the very tops of the trees for a while, moving from tree to tree as if they are finding out where everything is. You will get a view like the one below, looking up at them
