# @rspb on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CIBsF07LmuE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34271099-rspb-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e9000808b6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-11-25T20:01:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** RSPB (@rspb) — https://gondola.cc/rspb

## Caption

Redwings are most commonly encountered as a winter bird, and are the UK's smallest true thrush! Here's our top ID tips for them...

📏roughly 21cm long
👀a creamy strip above the eye
❤️orange-red flank patches
👆brown on top and speckled white below
🌳usually seen feeding in fields and hedgerows, and less commonly spotted in gardens.

Have you seen one yet this year? Thanks to johngubbins123 for the great pic!

#redwing #WinterBirds #migration #birdstagram #conservation #WildPhoto #BackyardBirding

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## Tags

redwing, conservation, backyardbirding, migration, wildphoto, winterbirds, birdstagram

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