Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
This female Ring Ouzel was hunting for food for its young along the side of the dirt road in the upper Findhorn Valley. It was catching worms and then flying back up the slope to where I presume its nest was.
Ring Ouzel
Most years, pioneer ouzels have arrived well before the end of March. Unlike the blackbird, the ring ouzel is usually wary and wild, shunning the neighbourhood of human habitation.
Ring Ouzel
Thrushes
The Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) is a European member of the thrush family Turdidae.
Ring ouzels can be found in upland areas of Scotland, northern England, north west Wales and Dartmoor.
Ring Ouzel
The juveniles are reddish-brown (rufous) with paler spotting that is similar to that of the adult female but more spotted and redder. After the juvenile female moults, late summer to autumn, she is indistinguishable from an older female.
Turdus torquatus - Ring Ouzel
Turdusmerula - European Blackbird (photo)
Turdus obscurus - Eyebrowed Thrush
Turdus naumanni - Dusky Thrush
Turdus ruficollis - Black-throated Thrush
Turdus philomelos - Song Thrush
Sylviidae - Warblers ...
In Europe, the Common Blackbird can be confused with the paler-winged first-winter Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) or the superficially similar European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris).[13] The Sri Lankan subspecies, T. m.
 See also: Ouzel, Blackbird, Thrushe, Dipper, Song thrush
  
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