The fieldfare is one of the larger thrushes. It's about 25 cms long with a grey head and rump, a reddish-brown back and black tail. It has a white belly with black streaks and is white under the wings.
Fieldfares are sociable birds, flying in large flocks and roosting in communes.
At sunset they settle in hedges or plantations along the furrows of a ploughed field, or in marshes. They move about the countryside as they don't have regular wintering areas. You might hear them chattering away. Their typical call is a harsh loud 'chack, chack, chack', but when they are migrating it's more of a high squeaky 'chisseek'. Fieldfare alarm call .