From a photography point of view, I found the Christmas period particularly frustrating, not able to get out for one reason or another. I can usually fall back on the odd ‘wildlife’ session involving birds in the back garden (handkerchief). This year they seem to have been very flighty – especially the thrushes. This was the best I got of a Fieldfare – unfortunately, light levels have been pretty low so I’ve had to up the ISO above my normal shooting selection of 100, to get somewhere near a decent shutter speed (and my camera is rubbish on higher ISO levels – noise).
—Stephen—-
Stephen G Hipperson 
In previous winters we’ve had a Fieldfare take up semi-permanent residence in our crab apple tree, fighting off all other thrushes and hardly leaving it until it had eaten every apple. Last winter they gave us a miss and no sign so far this year either. Your photo shows me what I’m missing.
Although, things have been a bit skittish on the bird front, we have seen a wintering Blackcap, which we often get nowadays.
Redwing and fieldfare are so flighty, I’ve never got close, we’ve had flocks passing through, all quiet at the moment, we are ankle deep in windfall apples I was hopping the would stop by for a feat