Song Thrush: In winter

The Song Thrush is a short-distance migrant that leaves Sweden for the winter, unlike several other thrushes.

• Migration: it arrives in late March–April and overwinters in Western Europe and around the Mediterranean.
• Food: during the snow-free season it takes snails, earthworms and insects, supplemented with berries in autumn before departure.
• Snail-smasher: it is known for beating snails against a stone until the shell cracks, a technique that works even in late autumn.

Because the species migrates, it is seen in Sweden above all during the breeding season, not in winter.

More about the Song Thrush

• Breeding
• Nest & eggs