Through the open window comes the sound of a mistle thrush singing.

The mistle thrush in the Sitka at the gate prefers a springier lining.

Last year it was the mistle thrush that grabbed me -my affectionate attention, that is.

First is the mistle thrush, a permanent resident.

We miss the mistle thrush.

He recalled a mistle thrush's nest and eggs of some sort of duck in a little island in the river.

As well as brightening up the house at Christmas time, mistletoe provides winter food for birds such as the blackcap and mistle thrush.

But mistle thrushes are not actually very efficient at distributing mistletoe seeds.

The number of swifts, skylarks and mistle thrushes are also dramatically dwindling every year, said the ten-year BirdWatch Ireland research.

However, the Countryside Bird Survey expresses concern about the dwindling numbers of kestrels, skylarks, swifts and mistle thrushes in the countryside.

As with holly, pairs of mistle thrushes will often set up a territory around individual trees and defend their stock of berries.