Song thrush

Like the blackbird the song thrush is an early riser and one of the first to sing at daybreak.  The song varies from bird to bird but the one thing that distinguishes the song thrush is its tendency to repeat phrases two or three times.

Here's a video by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), describing the song thrush first, including its song, and then the mistle thrush.  

We have mistle thrushes at Filnore too, but their song is more like a hesitant blackbird.  As the narrator says on this video its as if it starts singing like a blackbird and then forgets the words. 

Come and hear them for real on our
Dawn Chorus Walk, 29th April, 5.00 am.