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Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Resident · reporting peaks November to April · Thrushes and Allies · BOU category AF

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Imran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Mistle Thrush: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Mistle Thrush has been recorded in 2,563 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (86%) in records to 2026. Resident in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in November to April.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
21% or more of visits
High
10% to 21%
Moderate
5% to 10%
Low
under 5%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 88%10%Very high
February 94%11%Very high
March 100%11%Very high
April 100%11%Very high
May 85%9%Very high
June 59%7%Very high
July 31%3%Low
August 21%2%Low
September 33%4%Low
October 71%8%Very high
November 89%10%Very high
December 86%10%Very high

Squares with the highest reporting rate in January

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
C62Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland100%Very high
C83Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland100%Very high
D00Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland100%Very high
D13Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland100%Very high
D14Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland100%Very high
H14Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland100%Very high
H15Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland100%Very high
H76Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland100%Very high
J29Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland100%Very high
J36Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland100%Very high

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