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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A Fieldfare tends to it's young |
| Image notes: |
This is the first breeding record for Shetland. |
| Species in Image: |
Fieldfare |
| Date: |
1968 |
| Area: |
Mainland |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc01817 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Fieldfare |
| Latin Name |
Turdus pilaris |
| Latin Group Name |
Passeriformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Turdidae |
| Common Family Name |
Chats and Thrushes |
| Description |
A very common migrant, especially in autumn. The first breeding record was from Northmavine in 1968 when a pair nested under an overhanging bank of a small burn. The last recorded was a brood of 6 in 1993. |
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